The F-15 Eagle
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 63 ft 9 in (19.43 m)
- Wingspan: 42 ft 10 in (13.05 m)v
- Height: 18 ft 6 in (5.63 m)
- Wing area: 608 ft² (56.5 m²)
- Airfoil: NACA 64A006.6 root, NACA 64A203 tip
- Empty weight: 28,000 lb (12,700 kg)
- Loaded weight: 44,500 lb (20,200 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 68,000 lb (30,845 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney F100-100,-220 or -229 afterburning turbofans
- Dry thrust: 17,450 lbf (77.62 kN) each
- Thrust 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:
- High altitude: Mach 2.5+ (1,650 mph, 2,655 km/h)
- Low altitude: Mach 1.2 (900 mph, 1,450 km/h)
- Combat radius: 1,061 nmi (1,222 mi, 1,967 km) for interdiction mission
- Ferry range: 3,100 nmi (3,570 nmi, 5,745 km) with external conformal fuel tanks
- Service ceiling 65,000 ft (20,000 m)
- Rate of climb: >50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)
- Wing loading: 73.1 lb/ft² (358 kg/m²)
- Thrust/weight: 1.12 (-220), 1.30 (-229)
Armament
- Guns: 1× internally mounted 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 gatling gun, 940 rounds
- Hardpoints: four wing, four fuselage, two wing stations, centerline station, optional fuselage pylons with a capacity of 16,000 lb (7,300 kg),
- Missiles:
- AIM-7F Sparrow
- AIM-120 AMRAAM
- AIM-9 Sidewinders
Avionics
- Radar:
- Raytheon AN/APG-63 or AN/APG-70 or
- Although several F-15C aircraft were produced with APG-70 radar, all have been retrofitted to the AN/APG-63(V)1 configuration
- Raytheon AN/APG-63(V)1 or
- Raytheon AN/APG-63(V)2 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) or
- Raytheon AN/APG-63(V)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA)
- Both active AF and ANG F-15Cs will receive another (up to) 48 V3 units between 2009-2015, over the existing 19 aircraft.[57]
- Countermeasures:
- AN/APX-76 or AN/APX-119 Identify Friend/Foe (IFF) interrogator
- Magnavox AN/ALQ-128 Electronic Warfare Warning Set (EWWS) -part of Tactical Electronic Warfare Systems (TEWS)
- Loral AN/ALR-56 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)-part of Tactical Electronic Warfare Systems (TEWS)
- Northrop ALQ-135 Internal Countermeasures System (ICS) - part of Tactical Electronic Warfare Systems (TEWS)
- AN/ALE-45 chaff/flare dispensers
- Others:
- Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System[57]