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Quoted:...High speed and 2 turbines is nice and allows for the ability to get to a base if something goes wrong. Amazing we make jets that do not have 2 turbines and cost over $100 million each. Plus the F-22 looks like a duck... View Quote The F22 has twin engines, can super cruise, and get on station quicker and stay longer (and shoot down a F15 from 300 miles away). |
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Quoted: It got bored fighting other planes so it decided to hunt satellites. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/F-15-ASAT.jpg View Quote No shit, huh?! Can't wait for the War of the Western Pacific where F-15s and B-52s carry us to victory. |
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Quoted: No shit, huh?! Can't wait for the War of the Western Pacific where F-15s and B-52s carry us to victory. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: It got bored fighting other planes so it decided to hunt satellites. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/F-15-ASAT.jpg No shit, huh?! Can't wait for the War of the Western Pacific where F-15s and B-52s carry us to victory. On 13 September 1985, Maj. Wilbert D. "Doug" Pearson, flying the "Celestial Eagle" F-15A 76-0084 launched an ASM-135 ASAT about 200 miles (322 km) west of Vandenberg Air Force Base and destroyed the Solwind P78-1 satellite flying at an altitude of 345 miles (555 km). Prior to the launch, the F-15 - flying at Mach 1.22 - executed a 3.8g zoom climb at an angle of 65 degrees. The ASM-135 ASAT was automatically launched at 38,100 ft while the F-15 was flying at Mach .934. The 30 lb (13.6 kg) MHV collided with the 2,000 lb (907 kg) Solwind P78-1 satellite at closing velocity of 15,000 mph (24,140 km/h).[10] ASM-135 ASAT |
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Quoted: On 13 September 1985, Maj. Wilbert D. "Doug" Pearson, flying the "Celestial Eagle" F-15A 76-0084 launched an ASM-135 ASAT about 200 miles (322 km) west of Vandenberg Air Force Base and destroyed the Solwind P78-1 satellite flying at an altitude of 345 miles (555 km). Prior to the launch, the F-15 - flying at Mach 1.22 - executed a 3.8g zoom climb at an angle of 65 degrees. The ASM-135 ASAT was automatically launched at 38,100 ft while the F-15 was flying at Mach .934. The 30 lb (13.6 kg) MHV collided with the 2,000 lb (907 kg) Solwind P78-1 satellite at closing velocity of 15,000 mph (24,140 km/h).[10] ASM-135 ASAT View Quote |
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Go kart with wings...
I have built many F15 parts. Fuck titanium. |
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Quoted: The F22 has twin engines, can super cruise, and get on station quicker and stay longer (and shoot down a F15 from 300 miles away). View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted:...High speed and 2 turbines is nice and allows for the ability to get to a base if something goes wrong. Amazing we make jets that do not have 2 turbines and cost over $100 million each. Plus the F-22 looks like a duck... The F22 has twin engines, can super cruise, and get on station quicker and stay longer (and shoot down a F15 from 300 miles away). Curious as to what magical missile has a range of 300+ miles |
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Quoted: The perfect combat record says a lot about the USAF, its pilots and the total war environment they create. View Quote 62 of the kills were by these guys.... Attached File |
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Speaking of the F-15EX (they really need a new designation), we should buy enough of them to not only replace the F-15C/D fleet but also replace the entire F-15E fleet while we're at it. Save a bunch of money by buying in bulk plus by the time the last C/D replacements role off the line the E fleet will need replacing
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Quoted: Speaking of the F-15EX (they really need a new designation), we should buy enough of them to not only replace the F-15C/D fleet but also replace the entire F-15E fleet while we're at it. Save a bunch of money by buying in bulk plus by the time the last C/D replacements role off the line the E fleet will need replacing View Quote And assign a few squadrons to Luke AFB. |
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Quoted: Just make sure to not break crew day, ensure that weekend routine is followed, and have a logistic train the size of a small army... And perfect combat record...? I think some Army UH-60 guys would disagree significantly with that false statement.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Black_Hawk_shootdown_incident https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/1994BlackHawkShootdownWreckage.jpg View Quote |
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Quoted: untrue The C model could drop bombs and was originally wired for it. The 462 in me remembers but the 2W1 won't believe it and the 2A3 ignores it all and pumps gas through a single point. View Quote Just cause its possible doesn't make it so. Im sure an A10 might be able to shoot an enemy plane. |
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Quoted: Just cause its possible doesn't make it so. Im sure an A10 might be able to shoot an enemy plane. View Quote Dude, they carry AIM9s and wait for it. Attached File Helicopter but A2A none the less. Gun Kill. Gate guard at Shaw now. |
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Quoted: Uhh yeah. C version is a true A2A fighter. Not like the stupid strike eagle. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: You sure about that? Uhh yeah. C version is a true A2A fighter. Not like the stupid strike eagle. The "not a pound for air-to-ground" is a BS myth. C models had the capability from day one and pilots actually trained and practiced dropping bombs. And the IDF actually used C/D models to attack ground targets in the '80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wooden_Leg Attached File Attached File |
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Quoted: Not sure why that would be surprising. And the F-22 will rape any legacy fighter F-14/15/16/18, every day of the week, without breaking a sweat. But yeah, the F-15 has a storied combat history and is a great aircraft. View Quote Rape? Is that a fact? This is a T-38, FYI. T-38 vs F-22 |
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Quoted: Dude, they carry AIM9s and wait for it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/255381/2051200D-6085-4B38-BE84-D6F81C4C111B_jpe-1916373.JPG Helicopter but A2A none the less. Gun Kill. Gate guard at Shaw now. View Quote Should we tell him about the F-15E's A2A helicopter kill? |
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Isn’t this the aircraft Xiden said he was going to use on us?
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Quoted: Just for the looks you have to toss in the Mig 29 It may not be as good but it does have some nice lines https://i.imgur.com/Xef4EWWl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1HK3SkLl.jpg View Quote |
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Whenever I see an F15 I can’t help but think of that stupid kid who has his tape player attached to his leg.
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View Quote That is close to the VFA-103 Jolly Rodgers. |
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Quoted: That is close to the VFA-103 Jolly Rodgers. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: That is close to the VFA-103 Jolly Rodgers. 428th Fighter Squadron Singapore Air Force F-15SG Attached File |
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Quoted: Quoted: If I was going to design a plane, it'd be the F-15 with an A-10 gun on it too. That would be pointless. There was a knock down, drag out fight at TAC Hq back in the early 1980s about putting the GAU-8 into the design requirements for what ended up as the F-22. Smart people were putting forth good reasons for the BFG to be in the plane (Out range everything else with a gun that flew was a big point). But the weight and size of the 30mm was its own downfall and the 20mm was used. I'm pretty sure that episode drove the development of the 25mm the F-35 got. |
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Quoted: If I was going to design a plane, it'd be the F-15 with an A-10 gun on it too. View Quote When I worked in Advanced F-15 we shoe horned a new 25mm gun into the F-15. The project was canceled due to ammunition cost for the test program. Anyway, there is no contest, the F-15 is the supreme fighter. . |
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Quoted: Curious as to what magical missile has a range of 300+ miles View Quote An air launched SM-6 Attached File |
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Quoted: I have salvaged millions of dollars worth of titanium F-15 parts; in the 80's! . View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Go kart with wings... I have built many F15 parts. Fuck titanium. I have salvaged millions of dollars worth of titanium F-15 parts; in the 80's! . I have removed and replaced millions of dollars worth of F-15 parts. |
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View Quote Was that a BVR set or a canned BFM set? |
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Quoted: I have removed and replaced millions of dollars worth of F-15 parts. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Go kart with wings... I have built many F15 parts. Fuck titanium. I have salvaged millions of dollars worth of titanium F-15 parts; in the 80's! . I have removed and replaced millions of dollars worth of F-15 parts. I did that in the 70's, but I was in the intermediate maintenance shop, so various bits and pieces inside the LRU's. And the test stations. I wonder if the air inlet controllers work for long now ... . |
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Something I hadn't realized before, the F15's 20mm is a Vulcan gatling gun, with a 6,000rpm rate of fire an 500rd magazine. Thats 100 shots a second, 2x the rate of fire of the Minigun or A10 warthog.
Heres the same 20mm, but on a F18, conducting an air strike on the Taliban. Its less BRRRRRT and more BRT! because that 6000rpm puts a 50rd burst on target in 0.5 seconds. https://youtu.be/b0naRz2DqbI?t=99 |
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Quoted: Something I hadn't realized before, the F15's 20mm is a Vulcan gatling gun, with a 6,000rpm rate of fire an 500rd magazine. Thats 100 shots a second, 2x the rate of fire of the Minigun or A10 warthog. Heres the same 20mm, but on a F18, conducting an air strike on the Taliban. Its less BRRRRRT and more BRT! because that 6000rpm puts a 50rd burst on target in 0.5 seconds. https://youtu.be/b0naRz2DqbI?t=99 View Quote E models only hold 500 rounds. A-D model F-15s hold 940 rounds of 20 mm. |
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