With Congress' blessing, USAF would buy 18 F-15Es at $55 million apiece
The U.S. Air Force has worked out a three-year program with McDonnell Douglas to buy 18 F-15E long-range interdiction aircraft at a flyaway cost of $55 million per plane, according to an AF official. The hitch? Congress would have to agree to pay because the Defense Dept. doesn't have the money. "We...
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