IOC: 1976
Total Production: 1,938
Total Program's Cost: USD$59 billion
F-15D Eagle
IOC: 1979
Unitary Cost: USD$34 million
Also Known As:
F-15DJ
Origin:United States of America
Contractor/s:
Boeing
Description:
The F-15 Eagle is an all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter aircraft designed to outperform and outfight enemy aircraft obtaining air supremacy for the US Air Force. It replaced the F-4 Phantom II in the US Air Force inventory.
During the Balkan conflict the F-15s downed 4 Serbian MiG-29 Fulcrum and 33 of the 35 fixed-wing aircraft downed during the Gulf War. The success key of the F-15 Eagle is combination of maneuverability, weaponry, advanced avionics and a pulse-Doppler radar system. The pulse-Doppler radar permits to engage multiple low and high flying targets at long range. The F-15's internal countermeasures system provides both threat warning and automatic delivery of countermeasures against selected threats.
The Eagle fighter aircraft is armed with an internal 20mm Gatling gun and can carry and launch up to 4 medium range AIM-7 Sparrow/AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles and up to 4 short range AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The A, B, C and D models of this aircraft were designed to fly air defense missions with irrelevant attack capability.
The twin-seat F-15D Eagle entered the US Air Force inventory beginning in 1979. The new model has additional internal fuel, provision for carrying external conformal fuel tanks, and increased maximum takeoff weight. The most part of F-15A/B operational shortfalls were solved in the C/D models.
Japan, Israel and Saudi Arabia are the only foreign operators of the combat-proven F-15D Eagle, F-15DJ designation for Japanese Eagles.
Specifications Accommodation: Crew 2
Guns: Main Gun Caliber 20 mm
Dimensions: Height 5.7 m, Length 19.5 m, Wingspan 13 m
Weights: Max Weight 30,850 kg (68,011 lb), Min Weight 12,970 kg (28,593 lb)
Engine/s Performance: Thrust 47,680 lb (21,628 kg)
Performance: Ceiling 19,812 m (65,000 ft), Max Range 5,550 km (2,997 nm), Top Speed 830 mps (Mach 2.50)
Israel
Japan
Saudi Arabia
United States of America