Agility, Deterrence, and Resiliency are essential to defense and operational capability in a contested environment,” the U.S. The purpose is “to become more agile in our execution, more strategic in our deterrence, and more resilient in our capability. Air Force, the ACE concept envisions the ability to generate airpower from austere airfields with varying levels of capacity and support in a contested environment, dispersing forces across different or remote airports and support their operations with fewer specialists. Air Force photo by 1st Lt Savanah Bray via The Warzone)Īccording to the U.S. The tail flash of the 40th Flight Test Squadron can be seen in the aircraft.
Another angle of the fully loaded Strike Eagle. The USAF press release noted that not all the JDAMs carried can be employed in a single mission, so it is possible that the six bombs mounted on the upper hardpoints of the “Fast Packs” may not be cleared for release in combat, restricting the F-15E to release them only from the lower hardpoints. “The Strike Eagle can now carry enough JDAMs for an active combat mission, land at a remote location, and reload itself and/or another aircraft – such as an F-35 or F-22 – for additional combat sorties,” said Lt. After these tests, the Strike Eagle will be authorized to carry JDAMs also on the upper three hardpoints of the “Fast Packs”.
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Until now, the F-15E was cleared to carry only three JDAMS under the three lower hardpoints of each “Fast Pack”, plus one under the centerline and other two replacing the external fuel tanks. Andrew Swanson, F-15E Weapons System Officer, 85th TES. This capability will carry over to the F-15EX.“Currently the F-15E is authorized to carry a max of nine JDAMs, but the success of this test expands that to 15 JDAMs,” said Maj. So now a modernized F-15C on air superiority duty can make visual confirmations at distance of potential hostile aircraft. "Basically, the F-15EX is being compared to an F-35, but really, from my point of view, they're best working together and F-15EX gives them an ability to have that big searchlight out there via its powerful radar."Īdditionally, the cockpit of the F-15EX will have a large reprogrammable touchscreen versus the small multi-function displays of the F-15E and the old school cockpit of the F-15C that had to be retrofitted in the late 2010s with a large multi-function display to integrate with the Sniper IR pod as covered in the May 25, 2018, The War Zone. Finally, the head of Raytheon's F-15 radar program, Michelle Styczynski, shared with The War Zone that in regard to teaming up with the F-35 profiled below:
Furthermore, the AESA radar is an evolution from the APG-79 on the F/A-18 and the APG-63V3 on the F-15C/D, adopting the best air-to-ground and air-to-air features. According to an interview The War Zone had with the radar’s chief developer, the AESA radar reduces maintenance demands. As far as sensors, with a Raytheon AN/APG-82(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, an infra-red search and track Lockheed Martin Legion Pod (to track aerial targets without transmitting radio signals from the radar), and an IR target pod – the F-15EX Eagle II continues the F-15’s ability to search, designate, and attack its own if and when necessary.
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