Summary on Boeing’s Newest Fighter Aircraft Makes First Flight

Boeing, arguably the most prominent and successful manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense space and security systems has successfully completed the first test flight of the lethal F-15K Strike Eagle.

The war bird was flown by Boeing’s chief test pilot and weapons specialist. It flew at March 2, doing aggressive turns among a list of other systems check.

The test crew had only high praise for the craft declaring that it will be the dominant multi-role fighter for the Korean Air Force and that its handlers will be in high praise of it.

Boeing is contracted to deliver 40 such aircrafts to the ROKAF with final delivery in 2008. The F-15’s program manager has touted the successful flight as a great success and he highly acknowledged the cooperative effort if the several stakeholders.

The F-15K is the most advanced variant of the world acclaimed F-15E. Industry experts view this bird as superior to all other aircrafts in its class having no equals.

The F-15K certainly carries an impressive array of capabilities.

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