F-15 Eagle

M-15 Eagle is the all-weather tactical fighter designed to create and maintain air superiority in combat in the sky. The aircraft was developed for the United States Air Force, and first flew in July 1972. F-15e Strike Eagle is a variant of which is a strike fighter which entered service in 1989. U.S. Air Force plans to continue using the F-15 until 2025.

History



In the Korean War, the United States fighter planes that could defeat the Soviet MiG-15 is the only F-86 Sabre. Then in 1965, fighter community was shocked by the destruction of modern aircraft the F-105 Thunderchief by MiG-17 post-Korean War era, the Vietnam War. United States Air Force Intelligence later learned that the Soviet Union is in process of developing a larger aircraft, called the MiG-25. In the Vietnam War, the aircraft that has weapons, range, and agility sufficient to defeat the Soviet-made fighter plane was of the F-4 Phantom II. However, this aircraft still has many weaknesses.

U.S. Air Force needs a better aircraft than the F-4 Phantom. After rejecting the U.S. Navy VFX program (which eventually resulted in the F-14 Tomcat), U.S. Air Force to make their own programs, namely the FX (Fighter Experimental), with specifications for air superiority fighter which is relatively mild. Three companies submitted proposals, the Fairchild Republic, North American Rockwell, and McDonnell Douglas. U.S. Air Force announced that they have chosen the McDonnell Douglas on December 23, 1969. Designs that are selected using a double tail wing of F-14 is similar to, but do not use a folding wing.

The first version, which provided the name for a variant of the F-15A single-seat F-15B for the twin-seat variant, powered by the new engine, Pratt & Whitney F100, which can be achieved with a weight ratio of encouragement one-to-1 ratio. Without a 25 mm cannon shells Ford-Philco GAU-7 which was initially developed for this aircraft was canceled due to meet with issues of development, and the M61 Vulcan cannon replaced the standard. F-15 also continues the use of four Sparrow missiles, just like the Phantom. Fixed-wing F-15 mounted on the fuselage are made wide and flat, which helps to give encouragement to the top wing. Development of the F-15e Strike Eagle also eventually produce aircraft to replace the F-111 Aardvark.

However, the debate within the United States Air Force regarding the F-15 is too big as an air superiority fighter, and was considered too expensive to produce completely replace the F-4 and A-7 resulted in the commencement program Light Weight Fighter (Light Combat Aircraft) , which eventually will produce a light combat aircraft F-16 Fighting Falcon and F/A-18 Hornet fighter plane medium.

Accidents that result in flight ban

On 2 November 2007, F-15C due to the practice in Missouri. The pilot safely throw away, but this accident triggers grounding (grounded) for F-15 aircraft. Accident at first because of the failure adipercaya aircraft structures and cracked in flight. On 3 November 2007, all F-15 are prohibited from flying to all missions that are not critical (non-mission critical). The next day the ban was extended in the aircraft operating (non-mission critical) in the middle east. On 13 November 2007 more than 1,100 aircraft grounded worldwide after Israel, Japan and Saudi Arabia also prohibits the F-15 aircraft to fly them. On November 14, model F-15e aircraft allowed to fly after each of the inspection.

Specifications (F-15C Eagle)

General characteristics:

* Crew: 1
* Length: 63.8 ft (19.44 m)
* Width of wing: 42.8 ft (13 m)
* Height: 18.5 ft (5.6 m)
* Wing area: 608 ft ² (56.5 m²)
* Airfoil: NACA 64A006.6 Root, NACA 64A203 tip
* Weight empty: 28 000 lb (12 700 kg)
* Weight filled: 44 500 lb (20 200 kg)
* Maximum takeoff weight: 68 000 lb (30 845 kg)
* Engines: 2 × Pratt & Whitney F100-100, -220, or -229 turbofan
o Encouragement dry: 17 450 lbf (77.62 kN) each
o Encouragement with afterburner: 25 000 lbf for -220; 29 000 lbf for -229 (111.2 kN for -220; 129.0 kN for -229) each

Performance:

* Maximum speed:

o Low Altitude: Mach 1.2 (1450 km / h)
o High Altitude: Mach 2.5 (3018 km / h)
* Distance Ferry range: 3,000 nm (5,600 km) with external fuel
* The highest limit service: 65 000 ft (20,000 m)
* Rate of climb:> 50 000 ft / min (254 m / s)
* Expenses wing: 73.1 lb / ft ² (358 kg / m²)
* Encouragement / weight: 1.12 (-220), 1.30 (-229)

Weaponry:

* Firearms: 1 × M61A1 20 mm cannon, 940 rounds
* Point out loudly: 4 wings, 4 bodies, two wing stations, central station with a capacity of 7300 kg,
* Missiles:
o AIM-7F Sparrow
o AIM-120 AMRAAM
o AIM-9 Sidewinder

Avionics:

* Radar:

* Raytheon AN/APG-63 or AN/APG-70 or
* Raytheon AN/APG-63 (V) 2 Active electronically Scanned Array (AESA)

* Countermeasures:

* AN/APX-76 IFF interrogator
* AN/ALQ-128 warning radar suite
* AN/ALR-56 radar warning receiver
* ALQ-135 internal countermeasures system
* AN/ALE-45 chaff / flare Dispensers