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With regards to the McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is certainly perhaps one of the most solid jet fighters today. Since its maiden journey in July 1972, this record breakingflying unit is a yardstick for jet fighter design. Powered by two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 turbofan products, its effective at rates inside the Mach 2.5 range.
The F-15 Eagle usually takes much and devastating complement of weaponry including its inside 20mm M-61A-1 rotary cannon, plus four AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles, and four AIM-7F Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles. Early manufacturing F-15 was designated the F-15A, after the two-seat variation finished up being called the B model.

In 1979, a much better and upgraded F-15 wound up being introduced. One notable modification ended up being a 15per cent boost in interior gas capability, while far more fuel was allowed with the use of conformal tanks that snuggle under the wing advertisement dealing with the jet inlet ramps. To accept this extra gas weight, the landing gear must be strengthened. These modified F-15's are known as the C-type for the single-seater and F-15D the two seat variation. The F-15C owes its superb performance to numerous technical and electronic wonders, and shall positively however play its part as an atmosphere superiority fighter for several years to come.