The fourth generation fighter F-15EX Advanced Eagle is unlikely to defeat the fifth generation aircraft – the Russian Su-57 and the Chinese J-20, says Alex Hollings, a veteran of the US Marine Corps (ILC) on the Sandboxx blog.
Nevertheless, the author considers the meeting of the F-15EX and the Su-57 unlikely.
“The problematic Russian Su-57 program has failed after failure, and today there are only about 13 fighters available [are]. Production is expected to increase, but Russia does not have the funds to actually deploy a large fleet of such subtle fighters “, the veteran is sure.
Hollings recalls that J-20 has propulsion problems.
The author, referring to the statistics of air battles that took place with the participation of the F-15 Eagle fighter, calls its latest modification “the coolest fourth generation fighter on the planet.”
In February, Popular Mechanics magazine wrote that the F-15EX Advanced Eagle is cheaper and more heavily armed than the fifth generation F-35 Lightning II.
The F-15EX Advanced Eagle first flew in the same month.
According to open sources, the F-15EX Advanced Eagle received, in particular, a fly-by-wire control system, a digital cockpit, an active phased array radar (AFAR) and a modern electronic warfare system (EW). Boeing believes the aircraft “can serve as a test bed for future technologies, which is a key opportunity for the Air Force.”