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The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing).Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force (USAF) selected McDonnell Douglas's design in 1969 to meet the service's need for a dedicated air superiority fighter.
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle was introduced by the USAF to replace its fleet of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs.Unlike the F-4, the F-15 was designed for air superiority with little consideration for a ground-attack role; the F-15 Special Project Office opposed the idea of F-15s performing interdiction, giving rise to the phrase "Not a pound for air to ground."
The Boeing F-15EX Eagle II is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle.The aircraft resulted from the U.S. Department of Defense's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (OSD CAPE) study in 2018 to recapitalize the aging F-15C/D fleet due to inadequate numbers of F-22s, delays in the F-35 program, and maintaining diversity in the U ...
Upgrade of the F-15 Eagle/F-15E 2021 [73] [78] NF-15B STOL/MTD: Technology demonstrator and research aircraft McDonnell Douglas Modified F-15 built for STOL. 1988 1991 1 F-16XL: Experimental fighter General Dynamics: Entered the United States Air Force's (USAF) Enhanced Tactical Fighter(ETF) competition in 1981 and lost to the F-15E Strike Eagle.
USAF F-15C during an Operation Noble Eagle patrol. Through the Cold War, McDonnell Douglas had introduced and manufactured dozens of successful military aircraft, including the F-15 Eagle in 1974 and [38] the F/A-18 Hornet in 1978, [39] as well as other products such as the Harpoon and Tomahawk missiles.
The Pratt & Whitney F100 (company designation JTF22 [1]) is a low bypass afterburning turbofan engine. It was designed and manufactured by Pratt & Whitney to power the U.S. Air Force's "FX" initiative in 1965, which became the F-15 Eagle.
Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros welcome on Watford legend Troy Deeney to discuss all things soccer on this episode of The Cooligans. Christian and Alexis chat his time as a pundit in the U ...
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, an American-designed air-superiority fighter aircraft; McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD, a technology demonstrator based on the F-15 Eagle; McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle, an all weather strike fighter derived from the F-15 Eagle; Northrop F-15 Reporter, a photo-reconnaissance variant of the P-61 Black Widow