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F-15E Strike Eagle Multi-role Strike Fighter

F-15E Strike Eagle Multi-role Strike Fighter
F-15E Strike Eagle Multi-role Strike Fighter
The F-15E Strike Eagle is a superior next generation multi-role strike fighter. Its unparalleled range, persistence and weapons load create it the backbone of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). A complement of the newest advanced avionics systems offers the Strike Eagle the potential to perform air-to-air or air-to-surface missions at all altitudes, day or night, in all weather.

The Boeing F-15E multi-role fighter is a complicated long-range interdiction fighter and tactical aircraft. The F-15E is the latest version of the F-15 Eagle, a Mach 2.5-class twin-engine fighter. over 1,500 F-15s are in service worldwide with the US Air Force, US Air National Guard and the air forces of Israel, Japan and Saudi Arabia, including over 220 F-15E fighters.

The F15E is provided with a triple-redundant BAE SYSTEMS Astronics flight control system. Using manual terrain following, navigation is possible over rough terrain at altitudes down to 200ft, at nearly 600mph, with the pilot following commands from the LANTIRN system. Automatic terrain following is accomplished through the flight control system linked to the LANTIRN navigation pod's terrain-following radar.

F-15E powered with Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 low-bypass turbofan engines, which give 29,000lb of thrust per engine. Using the digital electronic engine control system, the pilot can accelerate from idle power to most afterburner within four seconds.