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missileside: natofirst seen 2024-07-01

USAF F-15EX deployment to Kadena as high-capacity 'missile truck' platform

The post describes the first USAF F-15EX Eagle II assigned for permanent basing at Kadena Air Base, marking a new deployment of the most advanced F-15 variant into the Indo-Pacific. The innovation is the fielding of a modernized fighter with expanded EW, open-architecture avionics, and much higher weapons carriage intended to act as a long-range 'missile truck' and integrate into networked operations alongside stealth aircraft and uncrewed systems.

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