Production of Boeing F-15EX

approving a possible FMS to the Government of Japan of thirty-two AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles with support for an estimated cost of $63 million. This was followed by an FMS to Spain of one hundred AIM-120C-7/8 Advanced Medium Range Air- to- Air Missiles and one ( 1) AMRAAM Guidance Section (spare) plus related equipment.

The aircraft has undertaken the first of a series of aircrew flight deck training sorties from its base at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, where it is operated by 51 Squadron. The aircraft was upgraded by Technologies of Greenville, Texas, in November 2019. Although the US Air Force also has 17 Rivet Joints, none of them have yet undergone such modernisation.