Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, USAF, the US Air Force’s program executive officer for fighters and bombers, discusses increasing fighter and bomber readiness and bringing Boeing’s F-15X into service should the service decide to acquire the new jet to replace its aging F-15C aircraft with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The Interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando where our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS and L3 Technologies.