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Originally Posted by Barnes
What about the F-15SE Silent Eagle? The F-15 has really transformed into a multi-role fighter and it's newer than the Super Hornet.
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The SE is an interesting concept of trying to marry a fourth generation airframe to 5th generation stealth technology.
But its still got a long ways to go in it development, and its not something that's really in the U.S. Airforces road map.
There's thoughts that it might just be a pure for export plane because its still going to be inferior to a 5th generation fighter plane.
On top of that, you've still got the problem that its based on a older airframe and avionics package and it would have a limited upgrade roadmap.
With it still being fairly early in development it would still lag far behind the F-35 in terms of capability and price point.