Military Watch Magazine
North America, Western Europe and Oceania , Aircraft and Anti-Aircraft
U.S. Surging Production of its Fastest Longest Ranged Fighters with Order for 22 F-15s
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $2.38 billion contract for 22 additional F-15EX Eagle II fighters, bringing the total number of aircraft under contract to 120. The award, announced on September 29, covers the seventh production lot of the aircraft and was concluded just before the end of the U.S. fiscal year, allowing the service to preserve funding provided through last year’s congressional reconciliation legislation. The Department of the Air Force said the contract accounted for the effects of the 2025 production disruption at Boeing’s St Louis facility as well as broader inflation affecting the defence industrial base.
F-15EX Fighter
