Air Force Chief of Staff Michael Moseley said the Air Force has “no incentive to go back” to buying any more F-15s or F-16s. Money spent on new old airplanes is going in the wrong direction, he told reporters at AFA’s conference Monday, acknowledging that USAF has declined a Boeing proposal to buy new F-15s if JSF is delayed. The Air Force will only go forward toward an “all-fifth generation” fighter force.
BAE Systems has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to install an upgraded Block 4 electronic warfare system into new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, as well as to retrofit some older jets.
