F-15 AUSEagle

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In 2009 the Australian govourment placed an new order for an F-15 Variant that

was able too preform every task from CAP to CAS the new aircraft was called

the F-15 Australian Eagle or F-15 AUSEagle

Development

Development was simple take a F-15C Upgrade it with Bomb and Attack avionics

and the AUSEagle was born it was basiclly a single seat F-15E.

Orders placed

The Australian govourment Placed an order for 38 F-15 AUS Eagles and 6 F-15-H-AUS Eagle Trainers. The RNZAF also placed an order for 12 aircraft including 2 trainers

Operational History

The AUSEagle has only seen service in the bombing of indonesia after Indonesian troops launched several attacks on Australian Troops in East timor were one F-15 AUSEagle was was shot down by a SU-30 and one was damaged by a SAM and AUSEagles shot down 1 SU-30 2 A-4 skyhawks 5 F-5 Tigers and 1F-16 while completely destroying the hasanuddin airbase and damaging the Abdulrachman saleh

airfeild and they also destroyed several Army barracks and millitary buildings in jakata

General characteristics
 * Crew: 1: pilot
 * Length: 63 ft 9 in (19.43 m)
 * Wingspan: 42 ft 10 in (13.05 m)
 * Height: 18 ft 6 in (5.63 m)
 * Wing area: 608 ft² (56.5 m²)
 * Airfoil: NACA 64A006.6 root, NACA 64A203 tip
 * Empty weight: 28,000 lb (12,700 kg)
 * Loaded weight: 44,500 lb (20,200 kg)
 * Max takeoff weight: 68,000 lb (30,845 kg)
 * Powerplant: 2×Pratt & Whitney F100-100 or -220 afterburning turbofans

Performance
 * Dry thrust: 17,450 lbf (77.62 kN) each
 * Thrust with 'afterburner': 25,000 lbf for -220 (111.2 kN for -220) each
 * Fuel capacity: 13,455 lb (6,100 kg) internal[96]
 * Maximum speed:

Armament
 * High altitude: Mach 2.5+ (1,650+ mph, 2,660+ km/h)
 * Low altitude: Mach 1.2 (900 mph, 1,450 km/h)
 * Combat radius: 1,061 nmi (1,222 mi, 1,967 km) for interdiction mission
 * Ferry range: 3,450 mi (3,000 nmi, 5,550 km) with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks
 * Service ceiling: 65,000 ft (20,000 m)
 * Rate of climb: >50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)
 * Wing loading: 73.1 lb/ft² (358 kg/m²)
 * Thrust/weight: 1.12 (-220)
 * Guns: 1×20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon, 940 rounds
 * Hardpoints: Total 11 (not including CFTs): two under-wing (each with additional two missile launch rails), four under-fuselage (for semi-recessed carriage of AIM-7 Sparrows) and a single centerline pylon station, optional fuselage pylons (which may include conformal fuel tanks, known initially as FAST packs (Fuel And Sensor Tactical) for use on the C model) with a capacity of 16,000 lb (7,300 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:


 * Missiles:


 * AIM-7 Sparrow
 * AIM-120 AMRAAM
 * AIM-9 Sidewinder
 * Other:

Air-to-surface missiles:
 * up to 3× 600 US gallons (2,300 L) external drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time.
 * MXU-648 Cargo/Travel Pod - to carry personal belongings, and small pieces of maintenance equipment.[67]
 * 6×AGM-65 Maverick
 * AGM-130
 * AGM-84 Harpoon
 * AGM-84K SLAM-ER
 * AGM-154 JSOW
 * AGM-158 JASSM
 * Bombs:


 * B61 nuclear bomb
 * Mark 82 bomb
 * Mark 84 bomb
 * CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
 * CBU-89 Gator
 * CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
 * CBU-103 CEM
 * CBU-104 Gator
 * CBU-105 SFW
 * CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon
 * GBU-10 Paveway II
 * GBU-12 Paveway II
 * GBU-15
 * GBU-24 Paveway III
 * GBU-27 Paveway III
 * GBU-28
 * GBU-31 JDAM
 * GBU-38 JDAM
 * GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb
 * GBU-51 Paveway II
 * GBU-54 Laser JDAM
 * Others:

Avionics
 * up to 3× 600 US gallons (2,300 L) external drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time.
 * Radar:


 * Raytheon AN/APG-70[85]
 * Targeting pods:


 * LANTIRN or Lockheed Martin Sniper XR or LITENING targeting pods
 * Countermeasures:


 * Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures pod[86]
 * Hazeltine AN/APX-76 or Raytheon AN/APX-119 Identify Friend/Foe (IFF) interrogator[87]
 * Magnavox AN/ALQ-128 Electronic Warfare Warning Set (EWWS) - part of Tactical Electronic Warfare Systems (TEWS)[86]
 * Loral AN/ALR-56 Radar warning receivers (RWR) - part of TEWS[88]
 * Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems ALQ-135 Internal Countermeasures System (ICS) - part of TEWS[86]
 * Marconi AN/ALE-45 Chaff/Flares dispenser system - part of TEWS[89]