Long-Range Missile May Keep Japanese F-15s Competitive

Bradley Perrett Tony Osborne October 14, 2016

What to do with 201 powerful fighters that have practically no airframe life limit? For about half of those Japanese F-15 Eagles, the answer is to give them an upgrade that, among other things, equips them with an advanced indigenous air-to-air missile. For the rest, a local version of a long...

Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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