F-15C/D Approaching the Chopping Block Soon?

[tflash]

Maybe the problem is the maintainers? Retiring a type entirely means saving on maintainers, who can be redirected to F-35 ? They wanted to do the same with A-10C, but then everytime they propose to retire an old airframe some nostalgia sets in!

[Dudikoff]

There's only 230 or so F-15C Airframes w/ 130 or so being ANG, and 100 or so being USAF. and Not all of them are being upgraded, the Younger Airframes likely will be upgraded to last the next 3 years + retirement/transition time.

 

Easily Filled by the Younger 170 or so F-22As and 1100+ F-16s.

 

Yeah, sorry, I only had access to the excerpt of that Aviation Week article. From another article, I see that it concerns about six ANG and three active-duty squadrons, not the whole fleet. The article continues on how it makes sense from the homeland defense perspective, especially as the F-35 starts replacing the F-16's in active-duty squadrons, freeing those for the ANG.

Edited April 6, 2017 by Dudikoff

[Sweep]

six ANG and three active-duty squadrons

 

Isn't that the whole operational fleet though?

[tflash]

More to read in Aviation week: http://aviationweek.com/defense/can-usaf-afford-retire-f-15-cd-eagle

[frixon28]

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/air-force-chief-undecided-about-f-15-eagle-retirement

 

New news about what is going on the Air Force. Nothing much really being said here but it still an interesting read for everyone I thought