Story by Staff Sgt. Dwane Young | 18th Wing | 07.18.2025
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — In a significant milestone for U.S. airpower modernization in the Indo-Pacific, two F-15EX Eagle II aircraft from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, arrived at Kadena Air Base, July 12, 2025, for integration and familiarization training with local units and joint partners....
Story by Master Sgt. Chelsea FitzPatrick | 127th Wing | 05.08.2025
SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich.—Airmen assigned to the 127th Wing, Michigan National Guard, learned the future of their dual flying missions when President Donald J. Trump announced the F-15EX Eagle II aircraft will replace the A-10 Thunderbolt II mission when the latter is retired. Trump, joined by the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, The......
Story by Staff Sgt. Mercedes Taylor | 144th Fighter Wing | 06.20.2023
On April 19, 2023, the Department of the Air Force announced that the 144th FW was selected to receive the F-15EX Eagle II aircraft to replace its aging F-15 fleet. The announcement came two months before June 18, 2023, the 10-year anniversary of the arrival of the first F-15C aircraft here....
Story by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson | 173rd Fighter Wing | 04.20.2022
Master Sgt. Charles Fleek has launched his aircraft, tail number 78511, countless times. Today is different, today is the last time he’ll launch it as it makes its final flight to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, often called “The Boneyard”....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Morgan Whitehouse | Air National Guard | 02.03.2022
January 25 marked a historic milestone for the Air Force’s newest fighter as the F-15EX Eagle II executed its first live-fire weapons test over the Gulf of Mexico....
Story by Maj. Amber Schatz | Air National Guard | 05.24.2021
The F-15EX made its exercise debut at Northern Edge 21, flying 33 sorties and 89.8 hours with a team of six, total force, Air Force pilots at the controls. The exercise, held May 3-14 in Alaska, was the optimal event to showcase the Air National Guard’s newest fighter aircraft, the Eagle II....
