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![Boeing offers F-15EX for Poland, but details are scant](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/09/f15ex-poland-scaled-e1694104652108-225x150.jpg)
Boeing declined to talk about “price and delivery schedule” on a potential F-15EX sale to Warsaw, but clearly has high hopes for Poland as a market.
By Bartosz Głowacki![Indonesia commits to buying ‘up to 24’ F-15EXs from Boeing](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/6552076-scaled-e1648403258376-225x150.jpg)
Indonesian and Boeing representatives signed a memorandum of understanding for the advanced version of the F-15, but did not specify timelines or pricetags.
By Michael Marrow![Boeing backs away from pricetag pledge for upcoming F-15EX production lots](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/07/6959447-e1657909318656-225x150.jpg)
Last year a Boeing executive stated that the sticker price for lots 2 and 3 of the modernized F-15s would be beneath $80 million, but calculations appear to have changed.
By Michael Marrow![Israel formally requests 25 F-15 EX from the US: Sources](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/01/230119_DVIDS_F-15_4375667-scaled-e1674139781814-225x150.jpg)
Jerusalem previously expressed interest in the F-15s, along with F-35s, but political instability delayed the official move.
By Arie Egozi![Air National Guard director wants boost to F-15EX buy](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/09/6959449-e1663854745103-225x150.jpg)
“Some people are still looking at this as a 1970s-technology aircraft. It is not,” Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, head of the Air National Guard, said of the F-15EX.
By Valerie Insinna![Despite cuts, HH-60W and F-15EX not at risk of ‘critical’ budgetary breach, cancellation](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/6462281-1-scaled-e1661977684276-225x150.jpg)
The Air Force announced major cuts for both programs as part of the fiscal 2023 budget release.
By Valerie Insinna![Despite inflation woes, Boeing says it can maintain $80M unit cost for F-15EX](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/07/6959447-e1657909318656-225x150.jpg)
Boeing’s Steve Parker said he expects a contract for F-15EX lot 2 and 3 “will be at the advertised price” when it is finalized in a couple months. The price claim comes after lawmakers bemoaned lack of oversight on unit costs for the fighter.
By Valerie Insinna![Air Force to name newest hypersonic weapon maker by September](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/6301063-scaled-225x150.jpg)
The Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile program, although nascent, is “going pretty well,” program executive Brig. Gen. Heath Collins told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.
By Valerie Insinna![Air Force’s nuclear modernization bill is cramping fighter jet procurement](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/04/6552160-scaled-e1649960686577-225x150.jpg)
“Ideally, I’d like to get to higher [fighter procurement rates],” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said. “If I had a big blank check, I’d actually take care of it all.”
By Valerie Insinna![F-35 cuts, F-15 boost, and E-3 replacement: Air Force’s $170B budget makes big moves in FY23](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/6552076-scaled-e1648403258376-225x150.jpg)
According to two sources with knowledge of the matter, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall had tasked the service’s budget corps to consider cancelling the F-15EX. Instead, it will receive a plus-up in the FY23 request.
By Valerie Insinna![Saudi Chinook delivery on schedule, Boeing turns eyes to F-15 upgrades](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/03/saudi_f15-scaled-225x150.jpg)
A Boeing executive said the Saudis have successful used their F-15SA to “kill” cruise missiles fired by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias in Yemen, a missile defense capability that the Kingdom needs.
By Riad Kahwaji![State Department approves $13B F-15EX sale to Indonesia, on heels of Rafale deal](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/6959449-e1644529561256-225x150.jpg)
Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto had previously indicated that Indonesia was interested in buying both Rafales and the F-15EX, as part of a major defense spending increase planned for the coming decades.
By Valerie Insinna
In a new op-ed, JV Venable of the Heritage Foundation goes deep on Air Force budget figures to answer the question of which is more expenses, the F-35A or F-15EX.
By John Venable