F-15E "Strike Eggle" Prototype (image: US Air Force).
December 11, 1986 (Showa 61). F-15E, a fighting bomber developed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing), flew for the first time. [Photo] See the F-15E cockpit F-15E is an improved type that tailored the F-15 "Eagle", an air control fighter, as a combat bomber, and the unit deployment was deployed from 1988 (Showa 63). It has never been shot down in an aerial battle until now. It is a high -performance radar that supports the goal that supports high abilities that can be operated as a combat bomber. The AN/APG-70 firearm control radar on the nose is all-weather, and the maximum search capacity is about 150 km. If you irradiate the ground surface, you will get a high -resolution radar image, and you can create a surrounding map based on it. Below the left and right intake is equipped with an infrared image pod "Lantirn". It is possible to aim for the movement target in addition to the distance. If you use these radars to use a guided bomb, you can bomb precision at night or in bad weather. The first F-15E participated in the actual battle was the Gulf War in January 1991 (Heisei 3). In the night strategy, we use a laser -guided bomb to destroy a large amount of Iraqi tanks. After that, it was launched in the 2001 (Heisei 13) invasion of Afghanistan and the Iraqi War in 2003 (Heisei 15). The F-15E is also delivered to the Saudi Air Force and the Korean Air Force, and in the former, it is operated as F-15S and F-15SA and the latter as F-15K.
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