F-15 Standing by for refuel
The F-15 Eagle is an twin engine, all weather, air superiority fighter, designed to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat.
The armament can include, one 20mm canon, four AIM -7 Sparrow, and four AIM-9 Sidewinder AAMs plus up to 16,000lb of other weaponry on five hard points. Wheres the E model designed for more ground attack missions can carry up to 24,500lb of external store, including free-fall, dumb, guided, or conventional bombs as well as missiles.
The F-15 has a max speed of 1650mph, a max altitude of 63,000ft, and a climb rate of 50,000ft a minute.
The empty weight of this aircraft is 32,000lbs while its max take-off weight is 81,000lbs. The F-15s massive engines are twin Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-229 turbofans capable of producing 29,100lbs of after burning thrust per engine.
In Game
Three F-15 Eagles are a unlocked as a 6-kill killstreak in the multiplayer. This Precision Airstrike is directional and calls in three F-15s to carpet bomb an area, similar to the Call of Duty 4 version. Unlike the Stealth bomber, the F-15s show up on radar.
The Eagle is commonly seen in Campaign, most notably providing Close-Air Support in Team Player and performing SEAD operations during the assault on the gulag.
Trivia
- In the level, "The Gulag two F-15s are seen launching AIM-120 AMRAAMS at missile emplacements. AMRAAMS are a medium range air-to-air missile, and are not designed to hit ground targets.
- Throughout that level Ghost refers to them as the navy which is incorrect as the Navy does not operate them.
- By 2016 it is likely that the F-15 will have been retired and replaced by the F-22.
- All F-15s in the game bear the tail code "IW4" on their vertical stabilizers. The code usually identifies a plane's unit or base assignment, but since "IW4" is not in use by any of those entities, it clearly refers to the game's engine. No numbers are ever present on real USAF tail codes.