First combat-ready F-15EX Eagle II delivered to the USAF

The US Air Force received the first combat-ready Boeing F-15EX Eagle II on June 5, 2024.The aircraft (s/n 20-0008) was delivered to the Air National Guard’s 123rd Fighter Squadron ‘Redhawks’/142nd Wing at Portland Air National Guard base in Oregon from the Boeing factory in St Louis, Missouri. In a press release, the 142nd Wing noted it is the first operational unit to receive the F-15EX. Speaking in a video clip posted on the US military’s Defense Visual Information Distribution Service