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BOEING F-15 Strike Eagle
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| Name | F-15 Strike Eagle | |||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | BOEING | |||||||||||||||||
| Body | Narrow | |||||||||||||||||
| Wing | Fixed Wing | |||||||||||||||||
| Position | High wing | |||||||||||||||||
| Tail | Double fin, low set | |||||||||||||||||
| WTC | Medium | |||||||||||||||||
| APC | C | |||||||||||||||||
| Type code | L2J | |||||||||||||||||
| Engine | Jet | |||||||||||||||||
| Engine count | Multi | |||||||||||||||||
| Position | In fuselage | |||||||||||||||||
| Landing gear | Tricycle retractable | |||||||||||||||||
| Mass group | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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BOEING F-15 Strike Eagle
Description
Air superiority fighter (F-15A/C) in service since 1976, long range strike fighter (F-15E) in service since 1987. Fighter development to replace the F-4, changed to the improved F-15C/D in 1979. F-15J licence production by Mitsubishi, Japan. McDonnell Douglas F-15 production ceased in 1992. F-15E special long range fighter development by Boeing to replace the F-111 (F-15I for Israel and F-15S for Saudi Arabia). F-15E: MTOW 36,740kg. Max Mach 2.50.
Technical Data
| Wing span | 13 m42.651 ft <br /> |
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| Length | 19.4 m63.648 ft <br /> |
| Height | 5.6 m18.373 ft <br /> |
| Powerplant | C: 2 x 65.3 kN P&W F100-PW-200 (2 x 107.7 kN with afterburner) turbofans.
E: 2 x 79.2 kN P&W F100-PW-229 (2 x 129.4 kN with afterburner) turbofans. |
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Performance Data
| Take-Off | Initial Climb (to 5000 ft) |
Initial Climb (to FL150) |
Initial Climb (to FL240) |
MACH Climb | Cruise | Initial Descent (to FL240) |
Descent (to FL100) |
Descent (FL100 & below) |
Approach | ||||||||||
| V2 (IAS) | kts | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | MACH | TAS | 495 kts | MACH | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | Vapp (IAS) | kts | ||
| Distance | 275 m | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | MACH | 0.86 | ROD | ft/min | ROD | ft/min | MCS | kts | Distance | 1100 m |
| MTOW | 3670036,700 kg <br />36.7 tonnes <br /> kg | Ceiling | FL650 | ROD | ft/min | APC | C | ||||||||||||
| WTC | M | Range | 25002,500 nm <br />4,630,000 m <br />4,630 km <br />15,190,288.725 ft <br /> NM | ||||||||||||||||
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving F15
- F15 / B752, en-route, South East of Birmingham UK, 2000 (On 22 November 2000, near Birmingham UK, a dangerous loss of vertical and lateral separation occurred between a Boeing B757-200 being operated by Britannia Airways on a passenger flight and a formation flight of two F-15Es being operated by the United States Air Force (USAF).)
- F15 / E145, en-route, Bedford UK, 2005 (On 27 January 2005, two USAF-operated McDonnell Douglas F15E fighter aircraft, both continued to climb and both passed through the level of an Embraer 145 being operated by British Airways Regional on a scheduled passenger flight from Birmingham to Hannover, one seen at an estimated range of 100 feet.)