IOC: 1976
Total Production: 1,938
Total Program's Cost: USD$59 billion
F-15E Strike Eagle
IOC: 1988
Production: 353
Unitary Cost: USD$40 million
Also Known As:
F-15I Thunder, F-15S Peace Sun IX
Origin:United States of America
Contractor/s:
Boeing
Description:
The F-15E Strike Eagle is a two-seat, multi-role, fighter aircraft for all-weather air-to-air and air-to-surface missions. The rear cockpit includes four multipurpose displays for aircraft systems and weapons managements. The APG-70 radar and the LANTIRN navigation and targeting pods provide the F-15E with excellent precision strike capability day and night, and adverse weather conditions.
During the Gulf War, the F-15E Strike Eagle was used mainly at night hunting SCUD missile launchers and artillery sites. The LANTIRN pods demonstrated to be very valuable for the F-15E success. The F-15E still retains the A, B, C and D air-to-air capability and the internal 20mm gun. Two low-drag conformal fuel tanks that hug the F-15E's fuselage increase the maximum range.
The F-15E Strike Eagle with some modifications has been exported to Israel (F-15I Thunder), and Saudi Arabia (F-15S Peace Sun IX). The F-15I is an upgraded model from US Air Force F-15E, and the F-15S is a downgraded model. The F-15K is an advanced derivative of F-15E developed to meet the requirements of the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF).
As of 2004, Boeing was testing the newest version of the Advanced Display Core Processor (ADCP) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Leveraging commercial data technologies (commercial processors), ADCP enables F-15E's computer system to process target data faster, display better information to the crew, and control more advanced weaponry. This model uses less power at half the cost and weight than its predecessor. The US Air Force plans to retrofit the entire F-15E fleet with the newest ADCP as an upgrade to central computer and multi-purpose display processor starting in 2006.
In early 2005, the US Air Force released that the F-15E Strike Eagle was testing Sniper XR advanced targeting pod at the Royal Air Force base in Lakenheath, England. During the test campaign , an F-15E dropped for the first time the 500-pound GBU-38 JDAM satellite-guided weapon.
Specifications Accommodation: Crew 2
Guns: Main Gun Caliber 20 mm
Dimensions: Height 5.6 m, Length 19.5 m, Wingspan 13 m
Weights: Max Weight 36,742 kg (81,001 lb)
Engine/s Performance: Thrust 58,200 lb (26,400 kg)
Performance: Ceiling 15,250 m (50,033 ft), Max Range 3,860 km (2,084 nm), Top Speed 830 mps (Mach 2.50)
Israel / 55 
Saudi Arabia / 72 
United States of America / 226 