Eagles for Korea: US Air Force airmen are helping in the delivery of two new F-15K Eagles to Seoul, South Korea. Theses are the first two of 40 K model F-15s South Korea purchased from Boeing for $4.2 billion. Boeing and South Korea Air Force pilots are flying the fighters to Seoul, aided by aerial refuelings from the Hawaii Air National Guard KC-135s. The fighters will stop at Andersen AFB, Guam, before flying on to Seoul.
President Donald Trump is interested in developing a twin-engined, upgraded version of the F-35 fighter, he said during a press event May 15 in Qatar marking the sale of Boeing airliners and GE Aerospace engines to Qatar Airways. He said he would name the improved aircraft the “F-55” and also…