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F-15 - General Characteristics

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  • Primary Function Tactical fighter.
    Contractor McDonnell Douglas Corp.
    Power Plant Two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 turbofan engines with afterburners.
    Thrust (C/D models) 25,000 pounds each engine ( 11,250 kilograms).
    Length 63 feet, 9 inches (19.43 meters).
    Height 18 feet, 8 inches (5.69 meters).
    Wingspan 42 feet, 10 inches (13.06 meters)
    Speed 1,875 mph (Mach 2.5-plus at sea level).
    Ceiling 65,000 feet (19,697 meters).
    Maximum Takeoff Weight (C/D models) 68,000 pounds (30,600 kilograms).
    Range 3,450 miles (3,000 nautical miles) ferry range with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks.
    Armament1 - M-61A1 20mm multibarrel internal gun, 940 rounds of ammunition
    4 - AIM-9L/M Sidewinder and
    4 - AIM-7F/M Sparrow missiles, or
    combination of AIM-9L/M, AIM-7-F/M and AIM-120 missiles.

    F-15C Weapon Loads

    AIMAIMAIMAGM20
    7912088MM
    44900
    422900
    224900
    444900
    444900
    8900

    F-15E Weapon Loads

    12 CBU-52 (6 with wing tanks)
    12 CBU-59 (6 with wing tanks)
    12 CBU-71 (6 with wing tanks)
    12 CBU-87 (6 with wing tanks)
    12 CBU-89 (6 with wing tanks)
    20 MK-20 (6 with wing tanks)

    AGMAGMCBUCBUCBUGBUGBUGBUGBUAIMAIM20
    6513087899710122815JDAM9120MM
    44500
    14500
    84500
    84500
    84500
    44500
    84500
    24500
    14500
    44500
    44500
    26500

    Systems
  • AN/APG-63 X-band pulsed-Doppler radar [Hughes]
  • AN/APG-70 X-band pulsed-Doppler radar [Hughes]
    [ on F-15E, F-15C/D, F-15A/B MSIP]
  • AN/APX-76 IFF interrogator [Hazeltine]

  • AN/ALQ-135(V) internal countermeasures system
  • AN/ALQ-128 radar warning [Magnavox] suite
  • AN/ALR-56 radar warning receiver (RWR) [Loral]
  • AN/ALE-45 chaff/flare dispensers [Tracor]

  • AN/AVQ-26 Pave Tack
  • AN/AXQ-14 Data Link System
  • LANTIRN
  • Crew F-15A/C: one. F-15B/D: two.
    Unit cost $FY98
    [Total Program]
    $43 million.
    Date Deployed July 1972
    Production
    [for USAF]
    360 F-15A/B
    408 F-15C
    61 F-15D
    203 F-15E
    Total Inventory 275 F-15A/B
    410 F-15C/D
    203 F-15E

    Approximately 100 F-15s are in storage @ AMARC
    PMAI
    Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory
    45 F-15A/B Air National Guard Air Defense Force
    45 F-15A/B Air National Guard
    126 F-15C/D Air Combat Command
    90 F-15C/D Pacific Air Forces
    36 F-15C/D US Air Forces Europe
    342 F-15A/C TOTAL

    66 F-15E Air Combat Command
    18 F-15E Pacific Air Forces
    48 F-15E US Air Forces Europe
    132 F-15E TOTAL

    Only combat-coded aircraft and not development/ test, attrition reserve, depot maintenance, or training aircraft.

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