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F-15

The F-15 was designed as an all-weather air-superiority fighter, first flying in 1972. The F-15E entered service in 1989 as a long-range strike figher - essentially, a bomber version of the F-15. The F-15I Ra'am (Thunder) is a variant of the F-15E specially designed to Israeli specifications. In air combat, the F-15 has 104 kills to 0 losses. Over
half of these kills were made by the Israeli Air Force, including several kills against the MIG-25 Foxbat - the aircraft which the F-15 was originally designed to kill. In 1983, after a colliding with another aircraft, an Israeli pilot flying an F-15 lost most of his right wing. Ignoring orders to eject, the pilot managed to land the aircraft successfully.

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 63.8 ft (19.44 m)
* Wingspan: 42.8 ft (13 m)
* Height: 18.5 ft (5.6 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 F100-220 or 229 afterburning
turbofans
o Dry thrust: 17,450 lbf () each
o Thrust with afterburner: 25,000 lbf (-220) or 29,000 lbf
-(229) each

Performance

* Maximum speed:
o Low altitude: Mach 1.2 (900 mph, 1,450 km/h)
o High altitude: Mach 2.5 (1,650 mph, 2,655 km/h)
* Ferry range: 3,000 nm (3,500 mi, 5,600 km) with external fuel
and conformal fuel tanks
* Service ceiling: 65,000 ft (20,000 m)
* Rate of climb: >50,000 ft/min (255 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)M-61A1 gatling gun,
940 rounds
* Hardpoints: 4 wing, 4 fuselage, 2 wing stations, centerline
station, optional fuselage pylons with a capacity of
16,000 lb (7,300 kg),
* Missiles:
o AIM-7F Sparrow or
o AIM-120 AMRAAM or
o AIM-9 Sidewinders