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The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is probably one of the most solid jet fighters today. Since its maiden journey in July 1972, this record breakingflying device is a yardstick for jet fighter design. Running on two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 turbofan services and 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 had been designated the F-15A, following the two-seat variation completed up being called the B model.

In 1979, a better and upgraded F-15 finished up being introduced. One notable modification ended up being a 15per cent boost in interior gas ability, while a lot more gas ended up being permitted with the use of conformal tanks that snuggle underneath the wing ad working with the jet inlet ramps. To simply accept this extra gas fat, the landing gear must be strengthened. These modified F-15's are referred to as C-type the single-seater and F-15D the 2 seat variation. The F-15C owes its superb performance to varied technical and electronic miracles, and shall favorably nonetheless play its component as an atmosphere superiority fighter for quite some time in the future.