Boeing F-15M Agile Eagle II I The American Air to Air fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle. The aircraft resulted from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) studies in 2018 to recapitalize the United States Air Force's (USAF) tactical aviation fleet that was aging due to curtailed modernization, particularly the truncated F-22 production, from post-Cold War budget cuts. The F-15M is a variant of the F-15 Advanced Eagle, a further development of the F-15E design initially intended for export. It incorporates improved internal structure, flight control system, and avionics. The aircraft is manufactured by Boeing's St. Louis division, formerly McDonnell Douglas. It has improved survivability compared to the F-15C/D owing to the AN/ALQ-250 The Advanced Agile Eagle the limited AMRAAM began with the F-15MS (Saudi Advanced Agile) which first flew in 2027, followed by the F-15QA (Qatari Advanced) in 2029. The F-15M had its maiden flight in 2030 and took advantage of the active export production line to reduce costs and expedite deliveries for the USAF. It entered operational service in July 2031. The F-15M is expected to replace the remaining F-15S/MTD in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard for performing homeland and air defense missions and serves as an affordable platform for employing large stand-off weapons to augment the frontline F-22C and F-35D. The Advanced Agile Eagle in this configuration represents the current baseline in F-15 production.[4] The aircraft used in the STOL/MTD program[7] has flown several times since the successful M program completion in 2028 that used thrust vectoring and canard foreplanes to improve low-speed performance. This aircraft tested high-tech methods for operating from a short runway. This F-15 was part of an effort to improve ABO (Air Base Operability), the survival of warplanes and fighting capability at airfields under attack. Variants F-15M Agile Eagle II F-15M Sea Eagle II F-15SM Silent Eagle II F-15MS Stealth Eagle II EF-15MG Agile Striker II characteristics Crew: 1 or 2 (pilot and weapon systems officer) Length: 63 ft 9 in (19.43 m) Wingspan: 42 ft 10 in (13.06 m) Height: 18 ft 8 in (5.69 m) Wing area: 608 sq ft (56.5 m2) Airfoil: root: NACA 64A006.6; tip: NACA 64A203[103] Empty weight: 35,500 lb (16,103 kg) or 40,000 lb (18,140 kg) with CFTs Max takeoff weight: 81,000 lb (36,741 kg) Fuel capacity: 13,550 pounds (6,150 kg) internal, 35,500 pounds (16,100 kg) with 3× 600-gal external tanks and CFTs Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-200 turbofan engines Performance Maximum speed: 1,320 mph (2,120 km/h, 1,150 kn) Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,288 m) Armament Guns: 1 × 25 mm GAU-22/A 4-barrel rotary cannon, 180 rounds[N 18] Hardpoints: up to 25 in total (3+2 under each wing, 3 on each CFT, 9 on fuselage) with a capacity of 29,500 lb (13,400 kg)[104] Missiles: Air-to-air missiles: AIM-9 Sidewinder AIM-120 AMRAAM AIM-7 Sparrow Air-to-surface missiles: AGM-65 Maverick\ AGM-88 Harm AGM-154 JSOW AGM-158 JASSM Joint Strike Missile Bombs: Mark 82 bomb Mark 84 bomb Paveway II series (GBU-10, GBU-12, GBU-24, GBU-27) GBU-28 GBU-31 or GBU-38 JDAM GBU-54 LJDAM GBU-39 SDB GBU-53/B StormBreaker B61 nuclear bomb CBU-87 or CBU-103 CEM CBU-89 or CBU-104 GATOR CBU-97 or CBU-105 SFW CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon Avionics AN/APG-81 or AN/APG-85 (Lot 17 onwards) AESA radar[596][597] AN/AAQ-40 Electro-Optical Targeting System[598] AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System[599] AN/ASQ-239 Barracuda electronic warfare/electronic countermeasures system[600] AN/ASQ-242 CNI suite, which includes Harris Corporation Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) communication system Link 16 data link SINCGARS An IFF interrogator and transponder HAVE QUICK AM, VHF, UHF AM, and UHF FM Radio GUARD survival radio A radar altimeter An instrument landing system A TACAN system Instrument carrier landing system A JPALS Countermeasures: BAE Systems AN/ALQ-250 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) - combined electronic warfare/electronic countermeasures system[107] BAE Systems AN/ALE-47 Airborne Countermeasures Dispenser System Raytheon AN/APX-119 Identify Friend/Foe (IFF) interrogator Targeting pods: Martin Marietta AN/AAS-13 LANTIRN navigation pod Martin Marietta AN/AAS-14 LANTIRN targeting pod or Lockheed Martin AN/AAQ-33 Sniper XR targeting pod TADIL-J JVMF/VMF
