Boeing Withdraws Near-Mach 3 Claim For F-15

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A Boeing F-15 is still quite fast, but not nearly Mach 3, the company’s program manager said on Feb. 23, correcting a previous statement. “Mach 2.497 is what we can get out of the Eagle jet and that’s close to [Mach] 2.5, but it’s not close to Mach 3,” Rob Novotny said on LinkedIn. His comment...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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