F15 - Eagle
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| Crew | Two |
| Role | Long-range interdiction and air superiority |
| Designer and Manufacturer | Boeing, previously McDonnell Douglas Aerospace division of McDonnell Douglas Corp.,St. Louis, Missouri |
| Dimensions | |
| Wingspan | 42.8 feet (13.05 m) |
| Length | 63.8 feet (19.45 m) |
| Height | 18.5 feet (5.64 m) |
| Weight | 45,000 lb (20,411 kg) class |
| Maximum gross takeoff weight | 81,000 pounds |
| Powerplant | Two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 low-bypass turbofan engines each developing approximately 29,000 pounds of thrust. |
| Weapons | Air-to-air missiles |
| Up to four AIM-9LM infrared-guided Sidewinder missiles | |
| Up to four AIM-7F/M radar-guided Sparrow missiles | |
| Up to eight Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air missiles, AMRAAM | |
| Air-to-ground ordnance | |
| Range of air-to-ground ordnance, including precision weapons such as: | |
| GBU-10, -12, -15 and -24 bombs, and | |
| AGM-65.Maverick imaging infrared missile | |
| Gun | |
| One M-61 2Omm Gatling gun | |
| Avionics | Raytheon APG-70 synthetic aperture radar |
| Kaiser wide-field-of-view holographic head-up display | |
| Litton ring-laser-gyro inertial navigation system | |
| 7 Sperry multipurpose monochrome and color dispay screens | |
| Internal countermeasures equipment by Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon | |
| Lockeed Martin LANTIRN Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night system | |
| Performance | |
| Speed | Mach 2.5 (1,875 mph) |
| Range | more than 3,500 miles ferry range (conformal fuel tanks plus 3 external fuel tanks) |
| Ceiling | 65,000 feet (20,000 metres) |
| Load Factor | -3g to +9g |