Boeing unveils commercial for Eagle 2040C
SUMMARY
The F-15C has a very enviable combat record. Aviation historian Joe Baugher notes that during Operation Desert Storm, United States Air Force F-15s scored 36 kills in air-to-air combat.
The Royal Saudi Air Force notched two more kills with the F-15, and Israel has a number of kills with this plane as well.
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But at the same time, the F-15 has been facing increasingly better competition. Perhaps the most notable is the from the Flanker family of aircraft (Su-27/Su-30/Su-33/Su-34/Su-35/J-11/J-15/J-16), which has been receiving upgrades over the years.
Boeing, though, hasn't been standing still, even as it lost the Joint Strike Fighter competition. Instead, it has been pursuing F-15 upgrades.
The Eagle 2040C is one for the F-15C air-superiority fighter, which has been asked to continue soldiering on with the termination of F-22 production after 187 airframes.
In the video, one of the planes is seen carrying 16 AIM-120 AMMRAAMs — enough to splash an entire squadron of enemy planes! ("You get an AMRAAM! You get an AMRAAM! EVERYONE gets an AMRAAM!" a la Oprah)
Check out Boeing's Eagle 2040C video above. Seems like they missed an opportunity for one hell of a Super Bowl commercial.
