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F-15E Strike Eagle
F-15E Strike Eagle over Afghanistan.jpg
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle over Afghanistan
Role Attack Aircraft
Manufacturer McDonnell Douglas
Boeing Defense, Space & Security
First flight 11 December 1986
Introduction April 1988
Status Active, in production
Primary users United States Air Force
Royal Saudi Air Force
Israeli Air Force
Republic of Korea Air Force
For other users, see operators
Number built 420
Unit cost F-15E: US$31.1 million (flyaway cost, 1998)
F-15K: US$100 million (2006)
Developed from McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
Variants Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle is a modernized variant of the F-15 Eagle. It was optimized as an attack aircraft for the US Air Force. Foreign operators are Israel, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and South Korea.

Operators

Eagle operators
Current operators of the F-15 in light blue, F-15E Strike Eagle in red, both in dark blue
F-15E Strike Eagle banks away from a tanker
An F-15E Strike Eagle breaking away from a tanker.
 Israel
  • Israeli Air Force - 25 F-15I "Ra'am" aircraft in use as of January 2014
 South Korea
  • Republic of Korea Air Force - 58 F-15Ks in service in January 2014. It ordered a combined 61 F-15K "Slam Eagle" fighters including one lost in an accident.
 Saudi Arabia
  • Royal Saudi Air Force - 70 F-15S Eagles in service as of January 2014
 Singapore
  • Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) - 24 F-15SGs in use as of January 2014. It ordered 24 F-15SG fighters.
 United States

Images for kids

  • McDonnell Douglas F-15E Prototype 060905-F-1234S-024

    The second TF-15A, AF Ser. No. 71-0291, used as an F-15E demonstrator

  • McDonnell Douglas F-15E First production F-15E (SN 86-0183) in flight 060905-F-1234S-026

    First production F-15E, 86-0183

  • F-15e cockpit

    Forward cockpit of an F-15E with three multifunction displays

  • USAF F-15D Top

    A wing-over maneuver displays the clean lines and high-wing design of an F-15E from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

  • F-15E Strike Eagle With Landing Gear Down Underside View

    An underside view of an F-15E Strike Eagle with landing gear down

  • USAF F-16A F-15C F-15E Desert Storm edit2

    USAF F-15Es, accompanied by an F-15C and two F-16s, flying over burning Kuwaiti oil wells.

  • USAF F-15E Strike Eagle Iraq 1999

    An F-15E over Iraq in 1999 for Operation Northern Watch

  • Aviano f-15

    F-15E departing Aviano Air Base, Italy, for a strike mission in Operation Allied Force on 28 March 1999

  • F-15e

    An F-15E over Afghanistan during Operation Mountain Lion, 2006.

  • F-15E 391st USAF 081215-F-7823A-931

    An F-15E of the 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron launching heat decoys over Afghanistan, 2008

  • F-15 wingtip vortices

    An F-15E disengaging from a KC-10 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Note the visible wingtip vortices.

  • 494th Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle

    A 492 FS F-15E of the 48th Fighter Wing taking off from RAF Lakenheath

  • IAF-F-15I-Raam--Independence-Day-2017-Tel-Nof-IZE-171

    Israeli Air Force F-15I Ra'am

  • Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S Eagle

    Saudi Arabian F-15S along with armaments

  • F-15E Refuelling over Afghan mountains - 081211-F-7823A-185

    A USAF F-15E refueling over the mountains of Afghanistan

  • F-15I Ra'am

    An IAF F-15I (Ra'am) of the No 69 "Hammers" Squadron maneuvers away after receiving fuel from a KC-135 during Red Flag 2004

  • F-15K lands at Nellis AFB

    F-15K at Nellis AFB, Nevada, 2008 for the Red Flag 08-4 exercise

  • F-15EX Eagle II

    An F-15EX Eagle II from the 40th Flight Test Squadron flies above Northern California, May 2021

  • F15K Landing

    A F-15K of the South Korean Air Force

  • RSAF Boeing F-15SG Strike Eagle DRW Butler

    A F-15SG of the Singapore Air Force

  • F-15E undergoing maintenance showing gatling gun

    An F-15E undergoing maintenance showing the M61 Vulcan Gatling gun with its cover removed.

  • F-15E gbu-28 release

    An F-15E releasing a GBU-28 "Bunker Buster" during a test

  • SAS 2010 F-15E LANTIRN

    LANTIRN pods mounted underneath the engine intakes of an F-15E Strike Eagle, the AN/AAQ-13 navigation pod to the left with the AN/AAQ-14 targeting pod to the right

See also

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