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The F-15 Eagle is a fighter jet that originally made by McDonnell-Douglas (later Boeing). It is known around the world for its toughness and undefeated record, meaning that it has never been shot down by an enemy plane. It is used primarily by the United States Air Force, but it is also used in Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. It usually carries missiles and an M61 Vulcan gun to shoot down enemy fighter jet planes. More than a thousand have been made.

RAF F-15E Strike Eagle Iraq 2004
The new version, called the F-15 Strike Eagle

Redesign

In 1981, the F-15 was redesigned to include the ability to carry bombs, allowing the F-15 to do the job of attack aircraft. This means it can also destroy things on the ground. This new variant of the aircraft was called the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle.

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Images for kids

  • F-15 Eagle Cockpit

    F-15A cockpit

  • F-15A first prototype 2

    McDonnell Douglas F-15A (S/N 71-0280) during the type's first flight

  • F-15 takeoff

    F-15C executing a maximum-performance takeoff

  • AN-APG-63, view 1, X-band pulse-doppler radar, Hughes Aircraft, 1973 - National Electronics Museum - DSC00395

    AN/APG-63 radar

  • M61 Vulcan Mount on F15

    M61 Vulcan mounted on the side of right engine intake

  • F-15C AIM-9 AIM-120 m02006120700063

    F-15C underside with external stores

  • F-15E with the speed brake up

    F-15E with speed brake deployed and CFTs fitted

  • IAF-F-15C-Baz--Independence-Day-2017-Tel-Nof-IZE-082

    Israeli Air Force F-15C Baz Meshupar (Upgraded Baz) with four kill marks of Syrian warplanes

  • ASAT missile launch

    ASM-135 ASAT test launch from F-15A 76-0084 in 1985

  • DF-ST-92-07383-C

    An RSAF F-15 approaches a KC-135 for refueling during Operation Desert Shield.

  • 144th FW F-15 Eagle

    A USAF F-15C flying over Fresno, California, in 2013

  • McDonnell Douglas F-15 arrives RIAT Fairford 10thJuly2014 arp

    USAF F-15E arrives for the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo, UK

  • USAF F-15C fires AIM-7 Sparrow 2

    USAF F-15C fires an AIM-7 Sparrow in 2005

  • F15-cockpit-view-tanker-067

    A view of an F-15E cockpit from an aerial refueling tanker.

  • F-15A first prototype 1

    F-15A 71–0280, the first prototype

  • NASA F-15B 836 with Quiet Spike

    NASA F-15B Research Testbed, aircraft No. 836 (AF Ser. No. 74-0141). Note the Quiet Spike adaption to reduce and control sonic booms

  • Eagle operators

    Current operators of the F-15 Eagle shown in cyan, and F-15E Strike Eagle in red. Operators of both versions in dark blue.

  • Two F-15I Ra'am

    Two Israeli Air Force F-15I Ra'am from the 69th Squadron

  • Royal Saudi Air Forces F-15C

    An F-15 of the Royal Saudi Air Force

  • Two Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15 jets

    Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15DJ and F-15J of the 306th TFS

  • Two F-15 jets over the Oregon Coast in 2003

    Two F-15s over the coast of Oregon

  • McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle schematic

    Schematic diagram of F-15

  • McDonnell Douglas F-15C with the conformal FAST PACK fuel tanks 060905-F-1234S-017

    Front view of an F-15C. Note the conformal FAST PACK fuel tanks on the trailers

  • F-15A Eagle two-view silhouette showing external stores

    Diagram of the F-15A Eagle's weapon loadout

  • 18-15-286-F15A

    F-15A display at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB

See also

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