New Air Force F-15EX Takes to Sky in Massive War Attack Prep Wargame

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By Kris Osborn – Warrior Maven

(Washington D.C.) While the now operational and newly arrived Air Force F-15EX Eagle II may not, by most estimations, rival its 5th-Gen counterparts, in large measure due to a broad consensus that there is indeed an “Imperative for Stealth” given the sophistication of enemy air defenses, there are a handful of what could be considered highly impactful, if not groundbreaking elements of the new jet.

The Air Force’s first F-15EX Eagle II aircraft will take to sky as part of a fast-tracked effort to integrate the new jet into the force and bring its new technologies into the service’s fast-emerging “mesh” networking of combat nodes in multi-domain warfare.

The new upgraded jet, first delivered to the Air Force earlier this year, will introduce a sphere of next-gen types of technical applications to include advanced EW, AESA radar, ultra high-speed computer processing as well as a number of additional adaptations intended to support future combat operations.

An interesting report in Air Force magazine quotes service commanders announcing that the new F-15EX Eagle IIs will participate in the upcoming “Northern Edge exercise in Alaska” wargame combat operation, with a specific focus upon Joint All Domain Command and Control operations.

“We’re bringing up F-15EX … with its capabilities, including the EPAWSS,” or Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System electronic warfare suite, to participate in Northern Edge 2021,” 11th Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. David A. Krumm said from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, during an AFA “Air and Space Warfighters in Action” streaming event, as cited in Air Force Magazine.

While considered a massively upgraded fourth-Gen aircraft balancing itself on an interesting boundary between 4th-and 5th-gen aircraft, the F-15EX is of course slightly less stealthy than full 5th-Gen platforms such as the F-22 and F-35. However, there are a number of not-yet-seen innovations built into the F-15EX with the aim of making it an impactful asset should it be needed for major power warfare.