F-15 Eagle: History, Performance & Discussion

if a document i found says unclassified is it safe to post on forums? ive heard something about export restricted but it doesnt say anything about being export restricted, so should be fine to post right?

does this also apply to patents? or are those perfectly fine if i can find them through google?

@Gunjob

Patents are totally fine. Regarding the document you can DM me the cover to be sure.

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more related patents at the bottom of page. shows UAI and MIL-STD-1760 compatible with EGBU series, which means F-15E should have acess to Paveway III EGBU’s

the F-117 should also have EGBU-27

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more stuff regarding UAI. basically, F-15E or F-16C (in future F-18) can get any weapon on the list if the US came into possesion of at least one of them

Incorrect HPRF minimum range for AN/APG-63 PSP
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/253jPPFZJSBq

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Thank you for swift response, Gaijin, but what does that even mean? I provided two sources in the report.

@Gunjob

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Are these not EGBUs on the upper CFT station?

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I think they might be DMLGB’s (GPS/ INS Paveway produced by Lockheed-Martin, e.g. GBU-12F/B), Technically and legally, not EGBUs (GPS/ INS Paveway produced by Raytheon). But are nearly functionally identical outside a weaponeering perspective, and the probable use of different seekers.

Do you have a date that the Brochure was produced, or otherwise a link to it.

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It’s from this actually. Just happened to look at it for something else recently and realized they weren’t regular GBU-12s in the picture.

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It is F-15SA. They bought EGBU

I don’t see the MAWS sensor things on the nose area

Huh… Internet lied me…

It’s not. It’s very clearly a 391st Bold Tigers patch on the CFT.

Yeah, I found already.

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I know there is an F15E-1 manual from 2008 that may have been leaked, but I do not have it.

There is also evidence in other rejected manuals that the JDAM can be delivered at at least Mach 1.3 instead of the current Mach 1.

The current number provided in the game is wrong, and its error is large enough to be fatal.

In May, an F-22A performed the highest and fastest delivery of a JDAM ever. The test featured the release of a 1,000-pound weapon dropped from 50,000 feet, with the airplane traveling at Mach 1.5.

It’s certainly above Mach 1.

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For F-22A and F-35 different restriction.

It’s proof that the JDAM has the structural integrity for supersonic ejections at that speed. It’s not like the F-22 / F-35 use some special subvariant of the kit(s), that is designed for high speed release (e.g. long / short chord Paveway / GBU-15).

And obviously doesn’t suffer from adverse lift, which is the underlying cause of the Supersonic release limits for unguided bombs, which could be explained by the presence of the Strakes that are added on the forebody of the warhead as part of the kit.

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