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The F-15EX is a worthy remix of a classic American fighter

has officially gone back to the future, placing an order in July last year for eight F-15EX fighters. The Boeingbuilt jets are the first of what could be as many as 144 new fighters to supplement older models of the F-15, which took to the skies in 1972 and have maintained an astonishing string of 104 air-to-air kills and zero losses. The F-15 may have seemed destined to

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