Warbirds

McDonnell Douglas F 15 ‘Eagle’

The F 15 was developed in the sixtees, when the U.S. Airforce was looking for a superior long-range fighter, the F 15 made its maiden flight in ‘72, and 729 planes were ordered just after that. Since then the Eagle is America’s main fighter. The F 15 is a twin engine fighter, its is one of the best fighters in the world, much of that is owed to its powerful Hughes APG-63 radar, its manueverabilty and durability, and it’s heavy load of weaponry. It proved highly succesfull over the Iraqi Airforce in the Gulf War, but also against Syrian (russian built) fighters, with the Israeli Airforce were it (and the F-16) was used to replace the F-4 Phantom due to its poor performance especially when facing MiG-21s.

(Thanks to Sharif, for pointing out an error in the previous version of this page. Mark, 16 Feb. 2001.)

Maximum speed, clean at 36.000 feet; More than 2650 kph (1650 mph)
Ferryrange with droptanks; up to 5600 km. (3450 miles )
Wingspan; 45 ft.
Fuselage and Tail; lenght: ft 9 in. Height: 18ft 5.5 tailplane span 28ft 3in. Wheelbase 17ft. 9.5 in. ( the figures mentioned above are from the F 15 C)
The F 15 will remain in active service well into the next century.

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