The F-15EX Eagle II Might Be the World’s Deadliest Fighter
Story by Stavros Atlamazoglou • Yesterday 4:23 PM
The F-15EX Eagle II took one flight closer to becoming the most heavily armed American fighter jet.
The U.S. Air Force’s newest fighter successfully fired munitions from two hardpoints during live fire tests in the Gulf of Mexico. The test took place almost one year after the F-15EX Eagle II first fired live munitions.
The F-15EX Eagle II’s Beast Mode
Eventually, the Air Force plans to equip the F-15EX Eagle II with 12 air-to-air munitions, such as the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM, which would make it by far the heaviest equipped air superiority fighter. For comparison, older versions of the F-15, as well as the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter, can carry up to eight air-to-air munitions; the F-16 Fighting Falcon six air-to-air munitions; and the F-35 Lighting II carries up to six – four in its internal weapon bays and two in external hardpoints.
The F-15EX Eagle II builds on the airframe of the deadliest fighter jet in the world today, the F-15.
Since 1974, when the F-15 first entered service, its many variants have shot down 104 aircraft in anger without losing a single aircraft.
The Israeli Air Force, which has operated the F-15 for decades, has claimed the most kills.
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