F-15E Strike Eagle

F-15E Strike Eagle (Multirole fighter) – 302 in Air Force and ANG

Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

First flight: 11 December 1986

Introduction: April 1988

Number built: 420

Unit cost: $31.1 million (flyaway cost, 1998)

Developed from: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

Variants: Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle

General characteristics

Crew: 2

Length: 19.43 m

Wingspan: 13.05 m

Height: 5.63 m

Wing area: 56.5 m²

Empty weight: 14,300 kg

Max. takeoff weight: 36,700 kg

Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 afterburning turbofans 13,154 kgf (129 kN) each

Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 2.5+ (2,655+ km/h)

Combat radius: 1270 km mi (1,850 km – max)

Ferry range: 3,900 km with conformal fuel tank and three external fuel tanks

Service ceiling: 18,200 m

Rate of climb: 254+ m/s

Thrust/weight: 0.93

Maximum g-load: +9 g

Armament

Guns: 1× 20 mm M61A1 Vulcan 6-barreled Gatling cannon, 510 rounds of either M-56 or PGU-28 ammunition

Hardpoints: 2 wing pylons, fuselage pylons, bomb racks on CFTs with a capacity of 10,400 kg of external fuel and ordnance

Missiles

Air-to-air missiles:

4× AIM-7 Sparrow;

4× AIM-9 Sidewinder;

8× AIM-120 AMRAAM

Air-to-surface missiles:

6× AGM-65 Maverick;

2× AGM-84 Harpoon;

2× AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER;

AGM-130;

AGM-154 JSOW;

AGM-158 JASSM

Bombs

B61 or B83 nuclear bomb

Mark-82 bomb

Mark-84 bomb

CBU-87 or CBU-103 (CEM)

CBU-89 or CBU-104 (GATOR)

CBU-97 or CBU-105 (SFW)

CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon

GBU-15

GBU-10 Paveway II

GBU-12 Paveway II

GBU-24 Paveway III

GBU-27 Paveway III

GBU-28 (Bunker buster)

GBU-31 or GBU-38 (JDAM)

GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)

GBU-54 Laser JDAM (LJADM)

Others: up to 3× 2,300 L external drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time.

Radar: Raytheon AN/APG-70

Targeting pods: LANTIRN or Lockheed Martin Sniper XR or LITENING targeting pods

Countermeasures:

Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures pod

Hazeltine AN/APX-76 or Raytheon 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 receivers (RWR) – part of TEWS

Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems ALQ-135 Internal Countermeasures System (ICS) – part of TEWS

Marconi AN/ALE-45 Chaff/Flares dispenser system – part of TEWS

The Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle is a proposed upgrade of the F-15E by Boeing using stealth features, such as internal weapons carriage and radar-absorbent material.

Unit cost: F-15SE – $100 million