The United States Air Force (USAF) considers retiring it's fleet of 236 F-15C/Ds and replacing them with modernised F-16s. The C/D versions were manufactured between 1979-85, and are the oldest F-15s in the inventory. On the other hand they have been upgraded in recent years. In December 2016 a contract was signed with Boeing to modernise the C/E radars.
F-15C (USAF).
The USAF considers that the main role has been taken over by the F-22, and suitably modernised F-16 could do the job. In any case the decision will not be taken before 2020. It is not the first time these measures are considered, but the retirement of the F-15C/D fleet had not been proposed before.
References:
- https://www.airforcetimes.com/articles/are-the-f-15-eagles-days-numbered
- Boeing to upgrade F-15C/E radars
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