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Napisano: 05 Jun 2022 15:31
F-15A “F-7” (71-0286), which served as the Contractor Development, Test, and Evaluation armament test bed, fires an AIM-7F Sparrow II in October 1973. (Boeing via Steve Davies)
The F-15C prototype (78-0468) during its maiden flight, on February 26, 1979, over St Louis, Missouri. (Foxbat Files)
According to USAF Technical Order 1F-15A-1-1, the APG-63 was a
“high frequency, pulse Doppler attack radar designed primarily for A/A combat”. Note the flat, planar array antenna and its
T-shaped A/A interrogator transmitters. (USAF)
Dopuna: 05 Jun 2022 15:37
F-15C EAGLE ARMAMENT
During Operation Desert Storm, USAF F-15Cs carried four AIM-7M Sparrow radar-guided missiles on the fuselage stations and four AIM-9M Sidewinder heat-seeking missiles on rails beneath the wings. Additionally, the fighter mounted a General Electric M61A1 Vulcan 20mm rotary cannon in the right wing root, fed from a large drum in the center of the fuselage. The drum carried 940 rounds of high-explosive incendiary (HEI) ammunition, which was fired at a rate of 6,000 rounds per minute.
Dopuna: 05 Jun 2022 15:47
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