The first of 36 Boeing F-15QA Advanced Eagle combat aircraft for Qatar has made its maiden flight out of Boeing's St Louis production facility in Missouri. The milestone was announced by the Qatari Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 14 April. The F-15QA is the Qatari variant of the Advanced Eagle that, along with the F-15SA for Saudi Arabia and F-15EX for the US Air Force, improves on earlier models of the Eagle in that it features a number of hardware and software enhancements.
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