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Boeing F-15K41 airplane successfully completed 1st flight

St Louis, Usa - The F-15K is an advanced variant of the combat-proven F-15E

Boeing on April 19 conducted (but announced only yesterday) the first flight of F-15K41, the first of 21 F-15K Slam Eagles the company is producing under the Next Fighter II contract for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF). The aircraft, flown by Boeing test pilot Steve Schmidt, took off from Lambert St. Louis International Airport at 2:36 p.m. Central time and landed at 3:44 p.m. The F-15K...

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Rome, Italy, 04/23/2010 13:47
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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