McDonnell Douglas F-15C/D Eagle
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Type |
Air superiority fighter, multirole combat aircraft (C-Model), Trainer
w/ combat capability (D-Model)
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| Manufacturer(s) | McDonnell Douglas Boeing Defense, Space & Security |
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| Prototype first flight | February 1978 (F-15C), June 1978
(F-15D) |
Introduction | 9 January 1976 (F-15A) |
| Produced | 1979–2015 |
Number built | 1532 Total : 483 (F-15C), 97 (F-15D) |
| Status | In service |
Crew | 1 (C-Model), 2 (D-Model) |
| Variants | |||
| F-15C | Single-seat version, built to 482 copies (409 for the USAF, 18 for Israel and 55 for Saudi Arabia) | ||
| F-15D | Two-seat version, built to 97 copies (61 for the USAF, 13 for Israel and 19 for Saudi Arabia). In September 2010, the USAF sold to NASA three demilitarized F-15Ds, one of which will be used to replace an F-15B. acquired in 1994 from the Hawaii Air National Guard. | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 19.43 m |
Empty Weight | 12701 kg |
| Wingspan | 13.06 m |
Loaded Weight | 20185 kg |
| Height | 5.64 m |
Max takeoff weight | 30844 kg |
| Wing area | 56.5 m² |
Wing loading | 357 kg/m² |
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Guns | 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1
Vulcan nose mounted 6-barrel rotary cannon |
Ammunition Carried |
940 |
| Hardpoints | Total 11 (not including CFTs): two
under-wing (each with additional two missile launch rails), four
under-fuselage (for semi-recessed carriage of AIM-7 Sparrows) and
a single centerline pylon station, optional fuselage pylons (which
may include conformal fuel tanks, known initially as Fuel And Sensor
Tactical (FAST) pack for use on the C model) with a capacity of
7300 kg,with provisions to carry combinations of: |
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| Missiles | 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder 8× AIM-120 AMRAAM |
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| Bombs | Bomb Mark 82 Bomb Mark 84 GBU-10 GBU-31 |
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| Other | MXU-648 Cargo/Travel Pod – to carry personal belongings, and small pieces of maintenance equipment. | ||
| POWERPLANT | |||
| Engine | 2 ×
Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 or Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220
afterburning low-bypass turbofan engines
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| Dry thrust | 6663.38 kgp
(64.9 kN) each (PW-100) 7915 kgp (78 kN) each (PW-220) |
Thrust with afterburner | 10813.82 kgp (106.4 kN) each (PW-100) 11340 kgp (111 kN) each (PW-220) |
| Thrust/weight | 1.07 (PW-220 engines);
1.26 (with loaded weight and 50% internal fuel) |
Fuel Capacity | 4930
kg internally* |
(*) up to 3× 2300 L external drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time.
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | 2656 km/h
(Mach 2.5) at high altitude 1448 km/h (Mach 1.2) at low altitude |
Cruise Speed | 917 km/h |
| Rate of Climb | 250 m/s |
Service ceiling | 19812 m |
| Combat Range | 1965 km for interdiction mission |
Ferry Range | 5552 km |
| Sources | |||
| Wikipédia | aviationsmilitaires.net | ||
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