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
And Qatar, propably…
Qatar and Saudi confirmed, F-15QA and SA
Thery are not C, Advanced Eagle series.
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I forgot, my bad.
Bong documentation of the emitters list in the F3 lists the an alq 127 in the F-15. And its a 89’ manual.
Might be testing? E specific? Or stuff from TEWS being classified we just don’t know?
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I never read about MAWS on USAF F-15A,B,C,D.
I’ll try to find something.
Radar-guided missiles, yes, TEWS can do that
No, the fuck it did not. It was finally added to an active squadron in October. It was no where near IOC in October.
The F-2 IOC is definitely in October. I don’t know much about other countries, but the closest concept to Japan’s IOC is when it is deployed to a squadron that is not an experimental squadron.
Then using that same pretty weak metric, the APG-63V2 had reached IOC again, well before October of 2000.
Designation Systems claims that the ALQ-127 was used on the B-52G and E-3 airframes and was replaced by the ALQ-153; which is known to be a Pulse-Doppler MAWS system.
Though the -153 was integrated into some ECM pods(ALQ-131 & -184), which might be the F-15 specific(All variant) carriage method, though would depend on the pod being correctly configured.
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I have a manual for TEWS, year 2000, it has a lot of pages but I will go through it when I have time.
Maybe i saw it, but the secret has been erased from it
This doesn’t seem to be accurate. No F-15’s SEP = 0 curve looks like that with an air superiority load unless it’s flying in arctic conditions.