According to the Qatari Ministry of Defense, the first of thirty-six F-15QA Advanced Eagles ordered from Boeing in 2017 made its first flight on April 13 at the Saint Louis, Missouri, plant. Deliveries are expected to begin this year and extend through 2023, where the F-15QAs will operate with Rafale and Eurofighters also ordered by the air force of the Emir of Qatar.
The first flight of the F-15QA marks a new milestone in a program that has lagged behind over the years. Initially, it was planned that the first aircraft would be delivered to Qatar in early 2020. But it now appears that the Qatari air force will not be able to take delivery of its first aircraft for a few more months, the time to perform the last tests on the first F-15QAs.
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