"Changes the rules of the game": US Army is delighted with the new F-15Ex Eagle II fighter

Lieutenant General Michael Loch says Eagle II is a universal platform that can be integrated with almost any weapons or sensors. The US National Air Force Guard received the first F-15Ex Eagle II fighter jets. The military has already stated that they would like more such aircraft. About it reports The War Zone. Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh Director of the Air National Guard (Michael A. Loh) said they would like to get more Eagle II fighters than 104 planes planned.

According to the officer, the aircraft is a platform for the protection of the US and a platform for the projection of force. "Actually it is much better than F-15E. Open architecture of the mission system, a separate computer from ofp, a computer of the operational flight program, that is, the computer that controls it, as well as the optic fiber that passes through it. Therefore, high-speed Data transmission, high -speed optic fiber, open architecture of a system mission.

We can install our own operating system there. We can integrate weapons, sensors - all you can imagine, we can quickly integrate. … This changes the rules of the game when you think about Modern war, "-explains Lieutenant General Michael A. Loch. In addition, the upgraded fighter is a carrier of large weapons, such as the Jassm-ER winged rocket. Due to the larger tanks, the fighter is able to fly over distances than the F-15C.

This will win the preference in the air at a greater distance, which is important in future conflicts. Therefore, Director Michael A. Lokh hopes that the United States is acquiring more Eagle II. The fighter can find its niche because the F-35 has problems with updating and high demand in the world, and the F-15Ex could replace the planes that are already outdated. Eagle II also already has the first foreign foreign order from Indonesia.