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Saudi Red Flag Involvement Gives USAF Glimpse of Advanced Eagle

As the USAF requests new F-15s in the FY20 budget, the appearance of F-15SAs at Red Flag provides an idea of the kind of Eagles that the service might get.

A Saudi F-15SA on the flight line at Nellis during Red Flag 19-2. The aircraft have been flying in the U.S. since handover and will be delivered to the Kingdom after the exercise. (Photo: DVIDS)

March 22, 2019

The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) deployed six of its new Boeing F-15SA Advanced Eagles to participate in the latest Red Flag exercise (Red Flag 19-2) at Nellis AFB, Nevada. This afforded the U.S. Air Force its first close-up view of the latest variant of the second-generation F-15 Advanced, since the decision to include the similar F-15EX in the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request.

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