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F-15E STRIKE EAGLE FACTS
 
Mission: Dual-role fighter designed to perform air-to-air and air-to-ground missions
Crew: Pilot and Weapon Systems Officer
Contractor: Boeing (originally produced by McDonnell Douglas Corp.)
Unit Cost: $40 million (fiscal 2009 dollar estimate)
Initial Operating Capability: September 1989
Inventory: Total U.S. force, 217

F-15E Specs
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
 
Speed: 1,875 mph (Mach 2.5 plus)
Range: 2,400 miles (3,840 kilometers) ferry range
  - With conformal fuel tanks and 3 external fuel tanks
Ceiling: 60,000 feet (18,288 meters)
Armament: One 20mm multibarrel gun mounted internally with 500 rounds of ammunition. Four AIM-7F/M Sparrow missiles and four AIM-9L/M Sidewinder missiles, or eight AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles. Nearly every air-to-surface weapon in the Air Force inventory.
  - Payload depends upon mission
Power plant: Two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 or 229 turbofan engines with afterburners
  - F100-PW-220: 50,000 pounds of thrust (25,000 each)
  - F100-PW-229: 58,000 pounds of thrust (29,000 each)
Wingspan: 42.8 feet (13 meters)
Length: 63.8 feet (19.44 meters)
Height: 18.5 feet (5.6 meters)
Basic Weight: 37,500 pounds ( 17,010 kilograms)
Maximum takeoff weight: 81,000 pounds (36,450 kilograms)
Fuel capacity: 35,550 pounds (three external tanks plus conformal fuel tanks)


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