The F-15EX Fighter Is Starting to ‘Scare’ America’s Enemies

[rangerrebew]

 
The F-15EX Fighter Is Starting to ‘Scare’ America’s Enemies
 
Key Points - Boeing's F-15EX Eagle II, an advanced 4.5+ generation fighter, retains relevance in modern air combat primarily through its substantial payload capacity (29,500 lbs) for standoff engagements and its potential as a command aircraft for unmanned "Loyal Wingmen" drones.
 
-Its two-seat configuration, coupled with modernized avionics, powerful radar, and advanced mission computing systems, facilitates this manned-unmanned teaming and enhances situational awareness.

-With an active production line enabling relatively quick delivery, the F-15EX is designed to augment the US Air Force's stealth fighter fleet (F-22, F-35, and the future F-47), providing "mass" and leveraging its significant range and firepower.

The F-15EX Is No 'Old' U.S. Air Force Fighter
The F-15EX is the latest and greatest of the F-15 offerings by Boeing, an aerospace firm since the jet was first introduced into American service in the mid-1970s.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-f-15ex-fighter-is-starting-to-scare-america-s-enemies/ar-AA1FIAYe?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=24538e3c319f4fe39aa1d53daa44ecdb&ei=28

[rangerrebew]

How is it the MSM tells us every new military innovation Russia and China come up with is already scaring the bejaibers out of the US Military, but new American weapons are "starting" to worry our enemies?

[Timber Rattler]

The F-15EX is awesome!  It's an air-to-air missile boat.  We should have been building these years ago!

[Smokin Joe]

The F-15EX is awesome!  It's an air-to-air missile boat.  We should have been building these years ago!

How does the radar compare with the F-22's?

[MeganC]

A fighter that can hit FLT1000 should scare our enemies.

[Smokin Joe]

Operational ceiling of 60,000 ft.? On par with the F-22 Raptor, and one of only 3 that can 'work' at that altitude (Mig 57 can fly up there, too)

That, and the ordnance payload and avionics are impressive.

Stealth is nice, but countermeasures are being developed. Getting there the 'firstest with the mostest' cannot be sold short.

[MeganC]

Operational ceiling of 60,000 ft.? On par with the F-22 Raptor, and one of only 3 that can 'work' at that altitude (Mig 57 can fly up there, too)

That, and the ordnance payload and avionics are impressive.

Stealth is nice, but countermeasures are being developed. Getting there the 'firstest with the mostest' cannot be sold short.

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197972/mcdonnell-douglas-f-15-streak-eagle/

The museum's single-seat F15A, nicknamed "Streak Eagle," broke eight time-to-climb world records between Jan. 16 and Feb. 1, 1975. In setting the last of the eight records, it reached an altitude of 98,425 feet just 3 minutes, 27.8 seconds from brake release at takeoff and "coasted" to nearly 103,000 feet before descending. It was flown in its natural metal finish to reduce weight for the record-setting flights. To protect it from corrosion, McDonnell Douglas Corp. has since painted it in the gray color scheme of most operational F-15s.

[rangerrebew]

Be careful with terms like "operational ceiling."  Liberals may think you're talking about a hospital.

[MeganC]

 

[GtHawk]

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197972/mcdonnell-douglas-f-15-streak-eagle/

Didn’t I read it was stripped of everything non essential as well as some essential components to be able to do that?

[MeganC]

Didn’t I read it was stripped of everything non essential as well as some essential components to be able to do that?

Yes.

There were also a series of experiments that follwed with the F-15. One of them shot down an orbiting satellite. Yet another was rumored to use a solid fuel booster rocket to get to a classified altitude. If true that altitude is 100,000 feet or higher.

[Smokin Joe]

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197972/mcdonnell-douglas-f-15-streak-eagle/

They have been known to go that high (Check out the F-104 for that* ), but they reach a point where the air is too thin to feed the engines, which is why the operational ceiling is lower. That's where they can fight and maneuver, not just go ballistic and hope the engines restart on the way down.

*The F-104C Starfighter set a world altitude record of 103,395.5 feet (31,513 meters) on December 14, 1959, while the F-104A previously set a speed record of 1,404.19 mph. This record was achieved by Captain Joe B. Jordan, who also set a time-to-climb record of 15 minutes and 4.92 seconds to reach 30,000 meters (98,424 feet). The F-104 was the first aircraft to hold simultaneous records for speed, altitude, and time-to-climb

The all time altitude record for an air breathing jet goes to the MIG-25 Foxbat at 123,523 feet set in 1977 (the plane was modified from the normal line MiG 25).

Most of those altitude records were set by taking the plane essentially ballistic in flight, past ordinary operating ceilings, for the MiG 25, about 79,000 ft.; for the F-104, about 73,000 ft. Climb rate mattered, as it determined altitude after the engines no longer had sufficient air to operate at capacity, if at all.

Operational (horizontal flight), the record goes to The YF-12A, (SR 71 relative, an interceptor rather than recon aircraft): 1 May 1965: Lockheed YF-12A 60-6936 established five Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Records for Speed: 3,351.507 kilometers per hour (2,070.102 m.p.h.) over a 15/25 Kilometer Straight Course; 2,644.22 kilometers per hour (1,643.04 miles per hour) over a 500 Kilometer Closed Circuit; and 2,718.01 kilometers per hour (1,688.89 miles per hour) over a 1,000 Kilometer Closed Circuit. On the same day, 6936 set an FAI World Record for Altitude in Horizontal Flight of 24,463 meters (80,259 feet).