F-15A
usaf_f-15aAircraftUSAFighter
- Role
- Fighter
- Max Speed
- 800 kn
- Ceiling
- 65000 ft
- Range Units
- Miles
Description
One of the most potent fighters in the USAF's inventory, the F-15 is a large and highly capable air-superiority fighter. Originally developed to provide the USAF a critical edge over all existing and near-future Soviet aircraft types, the F-15 has a high power radar and unparallelled flight performance to achieve this design goal.\nThe "A" model is the earliest F-15 variant to enter service, and did not receive countermeasures until the late 1980s, leading to pilots storing chaff bundles inside of the airbrake for a one-time use.
Unit
- Type
- Aircraft
- Role
- Fighter
- In service
- 1972–1997
- Loadouts
- Default, Air To Air, Air To Air Long Range
Performance
- Wingspan
- 13.1 m
- Max G
- 7.5 g
- Climb rate
- 340 m/s
- Ceiling
- 65,000 ft
- Max speed (sea level)
- 800 kn
- Stall speed
- 145 kn
- Mach limit
- 2.5 M
- Empty mass
- 12,701 kg
- Max fuel
- 5,250 kg
- Engines
- 2
- Thrust (each)
- 64.9 kN
- Afterburner (each)
- 105.7 kN
- Cruise
- Mach 0.95 · 1,080 miles
Signatures
- Visual ID range
- 6 nm
- RCS
- 50
- IR signature
- Semi-small