Re: 45 year old F-15, front line fighter

David E. Powell wrote:
On Aug 15, 10:21 pm, hcobb <henry.c...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0308/032108nj1.htm
But even the Air Force's dreamed-of 381 planes, bought at the current
rate of 20 planes a year, will not replace its 441 F-15s for decades.
"They still plan to keep 177 of the F-15C/D version through 2025, some
of them by then 40, 45 years old," said Mark Bass, the Boeing
executive in charge of sustaining and modernizing the F-15s. "That is
based on the Air Force eventually procuring 381 F-22s." And what if
they don't get 381? "They don't have that in their plan," he said.

This is not failure to plan. This is planning to fail.

No wonder the USAF leadership flunked out.

-HJC

Well there is an alternative, building more F-22s to replace them.

There are two alternatives.

Crank up the F-15 line again.
Crank up the F-16 line again.
Build more Super Hornets
Get the F-35A into production

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