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From: jtchew@csa2.lbl.gov (JOSEPH T CHEW)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: F-15E
Summary: Yes: in production, in service, in Mideast
Keywords: Strike, Eagle
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Date: 28 Aug 90 04:30:34 GMT
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From: jtchew@csa2.lbl.gov (JOSEPH T CHEW)
>Does F-15E "Strike Eagle" exist, (did it ever make production?)
>If so are there any in the Saudia Arabia??

According to Aviation Week, there is one fully operational F-15E unit--the
4th Tactical Fighter Wing out of Seymour Johnson AFB in North Carolina-- 
and it has been forward-deployed to the Mideast, presumably Saudi Arabia.  

The April 30 issue includes a flight report. As of that writing, 75 aircraft
had been delivered on an order of 200.

I believe I heard on the news a couple of days ago that we have have agreed 
to sell the F-15E to the Saudis as well. They have had air superiority
F-15 models for some years, but the prospect of Arab ownership of the F-15E,
which is supposed to be a genuinely dual-role aircraft, presumably doesn't
make the Israelis very happy.

--Joe
"Just another personal opinion from the People's Republic of Berkeley"