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Operational history
Development
Design
Specifications (F-15C)
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- Developed into
- McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
- First flight
- 27 July 1972; 54 years ago (1972-07-27)
- Introduction date
- 9 January 1976; 50 years ago (1976-01-09)
- Manufactured
- 1972–1997
- Manufacturer
- McDonnell Douglas · Boeing Defense, Space & Security
- National origin
- United States
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Overview
- Twin-engine Twinjet
- Fighter aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas
- Boeing
- United States Air Force
- Air superiority fighter
- Israel Israeli Air Force
- Japan Japan Air Self-Defense Force
- Saudi Arabia Royal Saudi Air Force
- Strike derivative Strike fighter
- F-15E Strike Eagle McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
- Cold War
- F-4 Phantom II McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
- 1982 Lebanon War
- Operation Desert Storm Gulf War
- Yugoslavia Yugoslav Wars
- F-22 Raptor Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
- Air National Guard
- F-15EX Boeing F-15EX Eagle II
- Monocoque
- Cantilever
- Delta Delta wing
- Empennage
- Composite material
- Honeycomb structure
- Vertical stabilizers Vertical stabilizer
- Boron
- Skin Skin (aeronautics)
- All-moving tails Stabilator
- Dogtooth notch Leading-edge extension
Development
- Vietnam War
- U.S. Navy United States Navy
- Defense Secretary United States Secretary of Defense
- Robert McNamara
- TFX (F-111) General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark
- Interdiction aircraft
- Interceptor aircraft
- Close air support
- F-100 Super Sabre North American F-100 Super Sabre
- Light bombers Light bomber
- LTV A-7 Corsair II
- Attack aircraft
- Northrop F-5
- Airframe
- Republic F-105 Thunderchief
- MiG-17s MiG-17
- Thanh Hóa Bridge
- Harold Brown Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)
- Department of Defense Research and Engineering Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
- Gabriel Disosway Gabriel P. Disosway
- Tactical Air Command
- Request for proposals Request for proposal
- Variable-sweep wings Variable-sweep wing
- Mach Mach number
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Day fighters Day fighter
- M61 Vulcan
- John Boyd John Boyd (military strategist)
- Energy–maneuverability theory
- Extra power
Design
- Avionics
- Head-up display
- AN/ASN-109 AN/ASN-109?action=edit&redlink=1
- Inertial guidance system
- Ultra high frequency
- Tactical air navigation system
- Instrument landing system
- Electronic warfare
- Identification friend or foe
- Electronic countermeasures Electronic countermeasure
- Digital computer
- Cockpit instruments Cockpit instrument
- Pulse-Doppler radar
- Beyond visual range
- Radar warning receiver
- Situation awareness
- Azimuth
- AIM-120 AMRAAM
- AIM-9L/M Sidewinder AIM-9 Sidewinder
- Gatling gun
- Wing root
- Gallons Gallon
- In-flight refueling Aerial refueling
- 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- NAS Keflavik Naval Air Station Keflavik
Operational history
- 555th TFS 555th Fighter Squadron
- Raytheon
- Moshe Melnik Moshe Melnik?action=edit&redlink=1
- Operation Opera
- Nuclear reactor
- Aérospatiale SA.342L Gazelle Aérospatiale Gazelle
- Operation Mole Cricket 19
- Operation Wooden Leg
- GBU-15
- JDAM GPS-guided bombs Joint Direct Attack Munition
- Popeye missile Popeye (missile)
- Operation Urgent Fury United States invasion of Grenada
- Marines United States Marine Corps
- 82nd Airborne Division
- Iranian Air Force Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
- Skirmish Action of June 5, 1984
- Persian Gulf
- Modified Scud missile Al Hussein (missile)
- MiG-25s MiG-25
- MiG-23s MiG-23
- MiG-21s MiG-21
- Sukhoi Su-25s Sukhoi Su-25
- Sukhoi Su-22s Sukhoi Su-22
- Sukhoi Su-7
- Mirage F1s Dassault Mirage F1
- Ilyushin Il-76
- Pilatus PC-9
- Mil Mi-8
- NHHC Naval History and Heritage Command
- Mi-24 "Hind" Mil Mi-24
Variants
- F-15J Mitsubishi F-15J
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- AIM-54 Phoenix
- Infra-red search and track
- F-15SE Silent Eagle Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle
- Radar cross-section
- Twin vertical tails Twin tail
- Grand Forks AFB
- F-15 ACTIVE McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD
- Canard Canard (aeronautics)
- Horizontal tail Tailplane
- F-15 IFCS Intelligent Flight Control System
- Dryden Flight Research Center
Operators
- X-59 Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst
Notable accidents
Aircraft on display
Specifications (F-15C)
- Airfoil
- NACA 64A203 NACA airfoil
- 20 mm 20 mm caliber
- M61A1 Vulcan
- 6-barrel rotary cannon Rotary cannon
- Drop tanks Drop tank
- ADM-160 MALD
- Electronic countermeasures
- Hughes Hughes Aircraft Company
- AN/APG-63 or AN/APG-70 APG-63 and APG-70
- Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
- Magnavox
- Electronic Warfare
- Loral Loral Corporation
- Marconi Marconi Electronic Systems
- Tracor
- Chaff Chaff (countermeasure)
- Flare Flare (countermeasure)
- Hazeltine Hazeltine Corporation
Notable appearances in media
- IMAX
- Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag
- RED FLAG exercises Red Flag (USAF)
- Tom Clancy
- Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing
- Fictional likeness Aircraft in fiction
- Animated television series Animated series
Bibliography
- ISBN ISBN (identifier)
- London
- Bison Books
- Oxford
- UK United Kingdom
- Osprey Publishing
- Amber Books Amber Books?action=edit&redlink=1
- New York New York City
- Barnes & Noble
- Crescent Books Crescent Books?action=edit&redlink=1
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Naval Institute Press
- Hinckley
- Midland Publishing
- Alexandria, Virginia
- St. Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Developed into | McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | First flight | 27 July 1972; 54 years ago (1972-07-27) | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Introduction date | 9 January 1976; 50 years ago (1976-01-09) | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Manufactured | 1972–1997 | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Manufacturer | McDonnell Douglas | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Manufacturer | Boeing Defense, Space & Security | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | National origin | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Number built | F-15A/B/C/D/J/DJ: 1,198 | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Primary users | Japan Air Self-Defense Force | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Primary users | Royal Saudi Air Force | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Primary users | Israeli Air Force | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Status | In service | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Type | Air superiority fighter | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Variants | Mitsubishi F-15J | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | Variants | McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD | 1.00 | infobox |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle | is a | American twin-engine | 0.90 | text |
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