F15e Fighter Jet's

[slow e30]

The 22 is a nice jet but the 15 has proven time after time that it's a good jet and always willing to fight.

Someone told you wrong. there was a scenero out in the desert with 8 f-15's vs 2 f-22's.

the 22's never came below 55k feet and all 15's were deemed shot down in this excercise.

Dont underestimate the power and abilites of a f22. that whole 'stealth' is something a 15 would dream of, and the agility and power is a whole different story. if the 22 was still side by side to a 15, why are the 15s not in the 'next generation of fighters'?

[M-technik-3]

The issue with US 16's are there lack of loiter time so they are need a tanker nearby. The Israeli AF was smart adding the conformals. They also have block 60 variants as well.

When I was working as a contractor with USAF in Germany we went to Israel and flew with them for 2 week doing dissimilar air tactics. Was cool as we were not restricted to base unlike the GI's we went with.

[jackbenny]

The problem with the F-22 is that it lacks connectivity. Current F-15/16/18's all carry at least 4 radios, as well as datalink so that targeting information, communication, etc. can all be passed from aircraft to aircraft to ship to ground control stations, etc. It's called "net-centric warfare". The F-22 has difficult fully integrating into the battlespace as America runs its wars, making it somewhat useless in current conflicts. Still a sweet aircraft though. Hopefully in the future I'll be testing upgrades to the F-35C and remaining -18 airframes still kicking around. (and I really hope one of those upgrades is new bio-kerosene of some type.)

Something like this?



I've got a giant poster of the block-52 F16 done for the Hellenic Air Force on my wall in the office. My wife worked on the Conformal Fuel Tanks and the dorsal add on behind the canopy so it's really her poster. I can't really call the airplane attractive in that configuration. The sleekness of the early F-16's was nice and now it looks like a truck...which it is.

I was working in the same hanger that they delivered the first F-16 I's to Israel. Looked very similar but with some 2000 lb guided bombs under the wing. It was impressive in person.

[Ral]

The problem with the F-22 is that it lacks connectivity. Current F-15/16/18's all carry at least 4 radios, as well as datalink so that targeting information, communication, etc. can all be passed from aircraft to aircraft to ship to ground control stations, etc. It's called "net-centric warfare". The F-22 has difficult fully integrating into the battlespace as America runs its wars, making it somewhat useless in current conflicts. Still a sweet aircraft though. Hopefully in the future I'll be testing upgrades to the F-35C and remaining -18 airframes still kicking around. (and I really hope one of those upgrades is new bio-kerosene of some type.)

[M-technik-3]

E is just the latest revision we purchased If you look the JASDAF and Israel as well as Saudi fly newer variants

The Israels buy from us and Japan makes their own under license. Israel has conformal tanks on the exterior as do some of their F16's. They do some cool mods.

[jeswaw]

As cool as the 22 is the 35 will be one of the few jets with all of the technology it has.

[GaryE30]

LOVE JETS! F-15e is an amazing fighter jet. The F-22 is following the same path.

[Holland]

Also the SU-47

[Holland]

Flame me but I like the SU-37

[rThor432]

"E" is the "strike eagle", as opposed to all other f-15s which are just eagles. besides the two seat aspect, they turned the general awesomeness to 11.

So it's kind of like an F15 Sport Evo then?

[DatUtahGuy]

Seriously sick as FUCK picture right there!!!! ^^^^

thanks for sharing

[LBJefferies]

ill take an f-22

[bimmerboy08]

"E" is the "strike eagle", as opposed to all other f-15s which are just eagles. besides the two seat aspect, they turned the general awesomeness to 11.

[Anthrax]

Revision E. It´s biggest difference to the others, is that it´s a two seater.

EDIT: It seems like a hell of an aircraft.

[MikeK]

does the "e" stand for "eta"?