McDonnell-Douglas F-15 Projects

[Mark Nankivil]

The same day F-15EX first flew, QA 006 flew and QA 008 flew for the first time and without CFTs, only the second time a QA has flown without them. Was supposed to go do M2.3 - on a first flight! The departures were special - gear up, hold it low to the end of the runway then pitch up into a Viking departure right on top of us (had my 16 year old son with me - he was enthralled!). That's when you feel noise!

Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[TomcatViP]

USAF Proves Strike Eagles Can Carry 15 JDAMs | Air & Space Forces Magazine

The Air Force is testing using the F-15E Strike Eagle to deliver bombs in a different way.

www.airforcemag.com

 

[elmayerle]

There was a question a good while back about the radar fitted to the F-15(N-PHX). IIRC, it was an AN/APG-64 which was essentially an AN/APG-63 with the added necessary abilities to properly use the Phoenix missiles.

 

[aonestudio]

USA: Squadron Innovation solves decade-long issue for the F-15E

The aircraft Modification Support Team lead, Mr. Carlos Oregon, in the Operational Flight Program Combined Test Force designed and built a tester to safeguard the AN/ASQ-236 “Dragon’s Eye” Radar Pod

www.airrecognition.com

 

[TomcatViP]

View: https://youtu.be/v8nPXHAijds

 

[hesham]

From NASA report.

 

[TomcatViP]

Here (but in B&W) :

 

[Grey Havoc]

Spotted over at Slashdot:

The F-15 Eagle: If it's up, we'll shoot it down. If it's down, we'll blow it up. -- A McDonnel-Douglas ad from a few years ago

 

[F-2]

In that last citation there is a reference for a Westinghouse PESA for the F-15. I’m not familiar enough with the F-15 to know if they ever used block numbers or if the author meant F-16. The document is from 1994 so I assume apg-63(v)2 had at least begun development.

 

[F-2]

F-15(a?) with pw1128 engines, rated for 28000lbf of thrust each. Seems the 1128 was abandoned in favor of the 229.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/88327main_H-1985.pdf

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19950026591/downloads/19950026591.pdf

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19860015871/downloads/19860015871.pdf

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

In that last citation there is a reference for a Westinghouse PESA for the F-15. I’m not familiar enough with the F-15 to know if they ever used block numbers or if the author meant F-16. The document is from 1994 so I assume apg-63(v)2 had at least begun development.

Its a typo.

There is no Block 50 F-15 but there is a block 50 F-16.

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1973.

 

[A Tentative Fleet Plan]

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/eagle-eye-iii-for-the-f-15.31834/post-542404

 

[TomcatViP]

F-15E cool video:

View: https://youtu.be/UmEzw-cru_0

Sourced from:

Get Aboard The F-15E Strike Eagle With This Amazing B-Course Video

The video lets you experience what it’s like to fly the Strike Eagle from the pilot’s perspective. Last week, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the

theaviationist.com

 

[jsport]

More F-15Es to get electronic warfare upgrades in award to BAE

The Air Force this summer cleared the way to start adding EPAWSS to more F-15s, and a new contract for BAE will provide the systems to install.

www.defensenews.com

 

[Cjc]

I'm curious, was there ever a study done on how much it would cost to turn the stol f-15 into a production aircraft.

 

[quellish]

In "Tailless Vectored Fighters: Theory, Laboratory, and Flight Tests" (ADA317838 , https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA317838.pdf) there is a tailless F-15 wind tunnel model depicted that is (probably) an extension of some earlier efforts towards a reduced signature F-15 configuration.

 

[F-2]

Flug Revue

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From what I gather the F-15U would have been all around slower then the F-15E.

 

[Cjc]

Do we have any idea of what the number of fighters requirement were for the f-15 before the f-16 came onto the scene?

 

[isayyo2]

F-15 Global Strike Eagle​

Flashback: F-15 Global Strike Eagle Paths

The concept of air launching vehicles from carrier aircraft is a concept that has been around for decades.

www.afmc.af.mil

In 2006, Boeing proposed a similar concept for missile launch, this time using an unmanned variant of the F-15E Strike Eagle with the launch vehicle mounted dorsally instead of ventrally. Boeing designated this variant as the F-15 Global Strike Eagle (GSE). The concept proposed the F-15 GSE as a low-cost demonstration of global strike capability utilizing a variety of munitions including the little-known Common Aero Vehicle (CAV). Defined as a maneuverable, hypersonic reentry vehicle that has the capability of dispensing a variety of payloads inside the atmosphere, the CAV concept eventually merged with the Air Force/DARPA Falcon project. Providing a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) launch capability for micro satellites, or microsats, was another mission possibility for the F-15 GSE and, with future upgrades, delivering heavier ballistic and orbital payloads.

 

[Pioneer]

Do we have any idea of what the number of fighters requirement were for the f-15 before the f-16 came onto the scene?

That's an intreging question Cjc!!
I look forward to the answer.


Regards
Pioneer

 

[Manuducati]

Do we have any idea of what the number of fighters requirement were for the f-15 before the f-16 came onto the scene?

That's an intreging question Cjc!!
I look forward to the answer.


Regards
Pioneer

Early F-X studies were made on a 1000 fighters figure (as in 1963 and 1968).
First detailed chart I've found is from 1969 (3rd picture) at 749 airframe.

Source: https://media.defense.gov/2012/May/16/2001330012/-1/-1/0/AFD-120516-036.pdf

 

[TomcatViP]

Historic 'MiG Killer' makes final flight to Air Force museum

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- An historic fighter jet made its final flight Tuesday at the National Museum of the US Air Force.Lt. Col. Matthew

dayton247now.com

 

[Kiltonge]

Single seater with wingtip missile launchers and an extended wing span?

What is the vintage of this proposal? Any details?

1990. Extended wing, supercruise, ATF engines and avionics.

Edit: Composite wing, span 48ft 5in for area of 670 sq ft. Swept at 38.5 deg, leading edge slats introduced. Fuel capacity increased by 3,000lb to 16,257lb. Some front-quadrant RCS reduction.

The Senate reportedly added $100 million of long-lead funding for the F-15 program to the 1991 USAF budget "to protect the option of the F-15XX", according to Flight ( and AvWeek ) from July 1990. Seems an enormous amount of money.

 

[flateric]

Better quality MANX piece from Flight International

 

[hesham]

Hi,

here is the F-15 nose cone shape.

http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/File:L-77-7776.jpg

From this report

 

[godstar23]

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This looks like a tailless F-15 being tested at the radar range mentioned here:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/boeing-x-45c-phantom-ray-x-46-ucas-ucas-d.2230/page-3#post-654554

 

[Stargazer]

STOL F-15.
Original image: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/354545918

 

[sferrin]

That looks like the F-15 SMTD concept but with only the thrust reversing portion. No TVC.

 

[Manuducati]

And no canard neither. It must be a very early rendering.
The painting was later updated with the nozzles and foreplanes, as in this vintage brochure, randomly seen on Evil-bay.
Link if anyone wants it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/115727907080

 

[TomcatViP]

EPAWSS IOC (to be fitted on the remaining 99 F-15E to be kept in service):

F-15 Electronic Warfare System Completes Operational Testing, IOC Looms

The F-15 EPAWSS electronic warfare system has competed operational testing and deployment will begin later this year.

www.airandspaceforces.com