What is the source?
From Mcdonnell Douglas
Name? Eagle talk?
Different sources, I don’t remember exactly, I have more than one of them for maneuvering.
30 degrees is probably realistic in a clean configuration.
Full A/A weapons, cca 70% fuel- 25 deg/sec instantaneous turn rate
Makes sense, clean it sustains 20.5 Deg/s at about 65% fuel.
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Was mounted and present in a testing so it would have to be within an evaluation squadron of the US as Raytheon does not own any F-15C airframes, aka, the same situation as the F-2 in this situation. This is not in service however as it is not in service with the squadron said 18 F-15Cs are to be assigned to, that being the 3WG.
The AN/APG-63(V)2’s 18 unit production run was an LRP serialized run of 18 units not an experimental batch.
The Two YF-22 units both were used for AIM-120B testing prior to the main production run of the F-22, so they would have to have their radar present unless somehow an external aircraft or radar array is guiding said missiles.
I was referring to the 1988 one
Wasn’t it obly ecaluation and went into the development of AN/APG-63(V)3?
They could always have had placeholder radars. The F-2 for example was supposed to use AN/APG-68 for testing before J/APG-1 was ready. Though this was never actually fitted, as the J/APG-1 prototype was ready in time for the XF-2B weapons test aircraft.
No. It was operational use, equipping an entire active duty squadron. Test and Evaluation occurs at Eglin AFB, Florida. The squadron was at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. It did not see widespread use because of maintenance issues and the refined V3 radar coming shortly after. Lessons learned from the V2 went into improving the V3
I can’t really understand what you want to say…
At the very least, aircraft are generally not put into service immediately after being refurbished. Usually, they go on a mission after passing a test. In other words, the F-15C will be the world’s first AESA radar fighter to be deployed to a squadron that is not a test squadron. However, the F-2 is the world’s first AESA radar fighter to be put into actual operation.
Again you don’t know what you are talking about.
These aircraft were already a part of an active squadron. Having 1-2 aircraft down for a month or 2 at a hangar getting modifications and then flying immediately after completing them is literally how it works. They are not being ‘refurbished’. They go, they get the mod, they go back to the line. That is how this works, because by 2000 the APG-63V2 had already completed test and evaluation. When the aircraft were getting them, it was entering operational status. The LAST of 18 aircraft completed modification in December of 2000. The first of those 18 aircraft completed modification well before that. In my experience it’s 1-2 months per aircraft, at most 2 aircraft at a time. You can do the math.
Since Boeing states that it was delivered, there is no doubt that the aircraft was in operation. So why did Raytheon say December? A plausible hypothesis is that aircraft carrying the AN/APG63(v)2 were probably in service before 1999, but the radar itself had not reached operational capability. The radar probably achieved operational capability in December 2000.It is said that early AESA radars had a high failure rate even during operation. This also applies to AN/APG63(V)2 and J/APG-1. I think this is appropriate in order to harmonize the claims of both Boeing and Raytheon.
Yes. The radar had not reached IOC, which is a specific aircraft availability requirement. US F-15Cs outfitted with APG-63V2 were flying routinely for pilot training or air defense patrols well before IOC is reached.
Outfitting an entire squadron more than fulfills that IOC requirement, which is a far cry from what the F-2 could do by December of 2000.
If it does not reach IOC, it is synonymous with XF-2, so it would be the same as an experimental aircraft.Even if it is used for training or air defense patrols.If the IOC standard is to go across the entire squadron, then the F-15C is in December. The XF-2 achieved this goal in October.
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Question, did F-15C test or equip MAWS?
I think not.
Only Japanese one.
And probably Israeli ones too