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On July 13, the US Air Force officially placed an order for its first batch of F-15EX jets. The contract signed with Boeing as the main contractor puts a ceiling value for the entire program close to $23 billion. The first delivery order (the value is about $1.2 billion) covers the delivery of eight F-15EX jets as well as support and one-time, upfront engineering costs.
