AIRCRAFT: F-15A

• TYPE: single-seat air-superiority fighter
  
• MAKER: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
  
• SPAN: 13.05 m. (42 ft. 9 3/4 in.)
  
• LENGTH: 19.43 m. (63 ft. 9 in.)
  
• HEIGHT: 5.63 m. (18 ft. 5 1/2 in.)
  
• WING AREA: 56.5 sq. meters (608 sq. ft.)
  
• WEIGHT: maximum 25,401 kg. (56,000 lb.); empty approx. 12,700 kg. (28,000 lb.)
  
• POWERPLANT: two 10,800 kg. (23,810 lb.) st Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 afterburning turbofans
  
• PERFORMANCE: maximum speed over 2,575 km./h/ (1,600 m.p.h.) at height; range without Fast pack 4,631 km. (2,878 miles); service ceiling 18,288 m. (60,000 ft.)
  
• ARMAMENT: one General Electric M61A-1 20 mm. (0.79 in.) Vulcan cannon; four AIM-7F Sparrow AAMs; one center line pylon stressed for 2,041 kg. (4,500 lb.) for fuel tank, reconnaissance pod or tactical weapon; two inner-wing pylons stressed for 2,313 kg. (5,100 lb.) for tanks or weapons, with provisions for mounting two AIM-9 Sidewinder AAMs laterally on the pylon; two outer wing pylons stressed for 454 kg. (1,000 lb.) for weapons or ECM pods
  
• CREW: 1

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