Boeing's F-15SE

[Sabre]

Or if "I knew", maybe I spoke to throw people off. Seriously though, no offense taken, Eagl.  I'll state upfront that I have no specific knowledge of either the F-35 or the F-15SE programs (I believe I said as much in my earlier post).  If I did, I certainly wouldn't post even FOUO info, let alone anything classified.  Everything I talk about above comes from unclassified references, or is educated conjecture on my part; the broadest terms, if I may borrow a phrase.  They are basic concepts, and are all well understood (the devil, as they say, is in the details after all).  Call me a "serious student" of the subject, is all.  Heck, I read Jane's for fun!

[indy007]

I just find this thread ironic. On FW I said the F-15SE would be a fine stop gap solution for our forces. People went off on me... and here's the guy that actually flew -15s saying it would work just fine. That makes me happy with my armchair analysis 

[Babalonian]

I just find this thread ironic. On FW I said the F-15SE would be a fine stop gap solution for our forces. People went off on me... and here's the guy that actually flew -15s saying it would work just fine. That makes me happy with my armchair analysis 

You were throwing a chair into the middle of a knife-fight (aka: talking anything other than the F-22 in a heavily pro F-22 conversations is grounds for lynching in some states aparently). =P  I think the F-22 is very overpriced... not that you don't get what you pay for, but I've always been on the side of the fence that says we need something with similar capabilities to the F-22 but at the fraction of the cost to really keep up our country's air strength.