F-15 Eagle: History, Performance & Discussion

MikeyPlayzonYT · March 4, 2025, 11:42am

So they’re just variants of the LJDAM? Why wouldn’t the normal one work? To my knowledge the LJDAM was available in 2005 which is before the Tomcats retired.

tripod2008 · March 4, 2025, 11:48am

No, they are GPS enhanced variants of the Paveway III kits.

Never mounted as EGBU’s were already in stock and the F-14 was effectively already being killed off by '98 due to the AIM-54D / AIM-152 program falling though and missiles not being remanufactures to prevent the motors from aging out of service.

Abyss_Revenant · March 4, 2025, 11:50am

EGBU-24 on F/A-18C Late already.

MikeyPlayzonYT · March 4, 2025, 11:51am

I didn’t see “mounting them in service” as criteria. If it didn’t even require any software I fail to see why it couldn’t be added…

tripod2008 · March 4, 2025, 11:55am

If that is the criteria we might even see the JSOW for them too, as it is technically possible.

The final step included incorporation of a new senes of advanced weapons such as Joint
Standoff Weapon (JSOW) and Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Again, the Navy
determined the Grumman proposal to be too expensive as a whole and restructured its F14 upgrade program to include only portions of the program, which they called Block I

In support of air-to-ground attack missions, the F-14D can employ unguided and
guided munitions Unguided weapons include Mk-80 series general-purpose bombs,
cluster munitions, mines, and airbome and Marine flares. Guided weapons include laser-guided bombs (LGB), and recently cleared MIL-STD-I760 interface class weapons, including GBU-24E/B, JDAM and JSOW.

quartas121 · March 4, 2025, 2:59pm

Idk, everything I have says 2008 for air force and navy a bit later

Tonedbasil69-live · March 4, 2025, 5:14pm

Does anybody here have the empty weight of the F15EX?

ID_Heaven · March 4, 2025, 5:20pm

If Su-30SM can get double rack from Su-35S, why F-15C can’t get rack from F-15EX?
We even have something.

kitsune_qq · March 4, 2025, 5:25pm

From F-15C, single seat
Even more realism…

MrKrabsPattys · March 4, 2025, 6:05pm

Nothing official. Around the same as the E
FBW will make it more maneuverable tho

Grimtax · March 6, 2025, 3:57am

F-15J(M) MAWS Missing

Wagner_Leung · March 6, 2025, 9:06pm

No HPRF minimum range for F-15 radar
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/C4DzKl6zKyDN

BACKRAGE44428-live · March 6, 2025, 9:14pm

so if F15A was stripped down and set time to climb records what if you strip down f15E and tried as it has better ones

MrKrabsPattys · March 10, 2025, 8:29pm

F-15E missing bombs?
The bol pods??
The missing range on the radar???
It is still competitive don’t get me wrong but these are some nice HISTORICAL things to see.
(and they won’t make the eagle op either)

Abyss_Revenant · March 10, 2025, 9:09pm

Which one? GBU-53? Or LJDAM/EPaveway?

It’s hard to prove that they are on the F-15E. But… Twin pylons for the Su-30 are no less hard to prove.

tripod2008 · March 10, 2025, 9:14pm

They would be covered either as the discrete ALE-58, or integrated into the LAU-128B/A.

The LAU-128B/A includes the AN/ALE-58 BOL Countermeasures Dispenser integrated into the launcher.

Abyss_Revenant · March 10, 2025, 9:17pm

Yeah, I know about it. But we still need to prove that the F-15E carried BOL. Alas. We have a strange thing with BOL. The F/A-18C should have them too, but as you can see from the dev…

tripod2008 · March 10, 2025, 9:26pm

The above linked Marvin Engineering products pages references both the LAU-128B/A & F-15E by name.

Abyss_Revenant · March 10, 2025, 9:47pm

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Than idk. Maybe one billion of chaffs is too OP.

Abyss_Revenant · March 10, 2025, 10:09pm

For dev, this site does not seem to be an argument. “All photos show F-15A/C”. Funny.

Saab’s website also mantioned just “F-15”.