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Re: Strike Eagle

Messaggio da richelieu » 11 ottobre 2015, 21:13

A caccia di 'slow movers' .....
Tangles with Cessnas .....

(10/13/2015)

Massachusetts Air National Guard alert F-15Cs practiced intercepting slow moving, low-altitude threats simulated by light aircraft flown by the Civil Air Patrol, over New Hampshire on Oct. 8, according to a release .....

http://www.104fw.ang.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123460435

The 104th Fighter Wing pilots from Barnes ANGB, Mass., conducted the "Fertile Keynote" exercise to practice intercept tactics and procedures required to fulfill the unit's NORAD Aerospace Control Alert mission.
Fertile Keynotes complements NORAD's larger-scale Falcon Virgo exercises designed to test the full-up air defense system's ability to defend key US cities against a variety of airborne threats.
F-16s of the Wisconsin ANG's 115th Wing at Truax Field near Madison flew a Fertile Keynote with CAP Cessnas earlier this week, according to a unit social media post.
Massachusetts' 104th FW is one of several sites defending restricted airspace over the northeastern US.
Both units are part of NORAD's Eastern Air Defense Sector, responsible for defending the eastern half of the Continental United States.
Fonte ..... il 'Daily Report' dell' AFA .....
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Messaggio da richelieu » 19 ottobre 2015, 8:36

Un' aggiustatina agli 'occhi elettronici' degli F-15E .....
Strengthening Strike Eagle's Defense .....

(10/19/2015)

​F-15E Strike Eagle maintenance units at Seymour Johnson AFB, N. C., established a special team to correct the high failure rates with the jets radar warning receivers.
"We've fixed a lot of jets and made sure these detection systems continue working at peak performance, because our pilots put their lives in our hands every time they fly," 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Electronic Warfare Barn chief TSgt. Michael Price said in a release, Oct. 14 .....
http://www.acc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123460849
Since January, the team has inspected, repaired, and validated the ALR-56C Radar Warning Receiver System on 90 jets, and is working to bring the 4th Fighter Wing's fleet up to 100 percent RWR reliability, according to the release.
"We want this system to have maximum sensitivity, so the aircrew has the maximum amount of warning time they need," added 4th FW avionics manager MSgt. Rodger Boles.
"This is not a system we can afford to become compromised."
Seymour Johnson modeled its solution on work done on F-15s at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

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SrA. Christopher Lemons, 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics technician, attaches an antenna coupler to an F-15E Strike Eagle, Oct. 13, 2015, at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
(Air Force photo by SrA. Aaron J. Jenne)

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Messaggio da richelieu » 2 novembre 2015, 23:37

Israele ne vuole degli altri .....
An additional squadron of advanced Boeing F-15s has been revealed as one of the elements of a so-called "compensation package" requested by Israel in exchange for the US government backing a lifting of sanctions against Iran.
Israeli sources confirm that details of the request were agreed during a recent meeting between the defence ministers of the USA and Israel in Washington DC.
This included the Israeli air force expressing its operational need for another squadron of F-15s, to ensure that the type can remain the "backbone" of its capabilities.
Fonte ..... "Israel requests extra squadron of F-15s" .....
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un po OT ma sempre sui F15-E

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Messaggio da richelieu » 5 novembre 2015, 10:02

AESA per tutti .....
Additional AESAs for Eagles, Strike Eagles .....

Arie Church (11/5/2015)

​The Air Force awarded Boeing a $282 million combined radar upgrade contract for both F-15C/Ds and F-15Es, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 30 ..... http://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/C ... cle/626771
Both fleets are undergoing upgrade with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar under two different programs.
The contract covers purchase and installation of new radars on 17 F-15C/D Eagles, and 29 F-15E Strike Eagles through January 2019, according to the contact announcement.
Boeing is replacing the F-15C/Ds mechanically scanned radar with Raytheon's APG-63(V)3 AESA, and plans to upgrade a total of 176 aircraft to extend them out to 2025.
The company is upgrading the F-15E Strike Eagle fleet with Raytheon's even more capable APG-82(V)1 AESA under a separate Radar Modernization Program.
The first upgraded F-15C was delivered in 2010, and the first RMP upgraded F-15Es were delivered to Mountain Home AFB, Mont., last summer.
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Messaggio da richelieu » 30 dicembre 2015, 20:55

Nuclear 'Strike Eagle' .....

"Unique photographs show U.S. F-15E carrying B61 JTA mock nuclear bombs during tests at Nellis AFB" .....
http://theaviationist.com/2015/12/30/f- ... es-nellis/

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Messaggio da Lampo 13 » 30 dicembre 2015, 22:08

Non so se fecero qualche modifica strutturale, ma l' F15 Stike era un non senso; il basso carico alare che gli permetteva di manovrare tanto bene in combattimento aria/aria lo rendeva subsonico a bassa quota, l'assenza di un operatore di sistema nei teatri di guerra moderni era necessario... insomma, secondo me, bello ma non balla!

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Messaggio da giragyro » 31 dicembre 2015, 21:12

personalmente l'ho sempre apprezzato come ASAT carrier , ruolo che ora pare stia resuscitando per un operatore civile che lo vorrebbe utilizzare come piattaforma per il lancio di piccoli satelliti
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Messaggio da Vultur » 31 dicembre 2015, 21:23

Ma allora perchè pensionarono l'F-111? Questione di avionica?
(Ma l'F-15 anti satellite era uno strike eagle? A me sembrava di no):
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Messaggio da giragyro » 1 gennaio 2016, 20:58

forse era l'F15 A .....anche l'E ha comunque conservato le caratteristiche di arrampicatore necessarie ...( e pare saranno proprio alcuni E " demilitarizzati " ad essere utilizzati come " booster per il lancio di piccoli satelliti )
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Messaggio da richelieu » 2 gennaio 2016, 8:51

Si trattava effettivamente di un F-15A .....
Il primo lancio ASAT venne infatti effettuato nel Gennaio del 1984 .....
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFA ... 200203.PDF
..... quando ancora lo F-15E neanche esisteva .....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell ... rike_Eagle

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Messaggio da giragyro » 2 gennaio 2016, 16:51

eccolo qui , sono stati utilizzati gli E

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_ ... ace_Access

http://www.space.com/28504-darpa-satell ... -xs-1.html

nel secondo lnk c'è anche una ricostruzione video
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Messaggio da richelieu » 2 gennaio 2016, 23:59

giragyro ha scritto:eccolo qui , sono stati utilizzati gli E

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_ ... ace_Access

http://www.space.com/28504-darpa-satell ... -xs-1.html

nel secondo lnk c'è anche una ricostruzione video
Forse meglio: avrebbero dovuto essere usati gli E ..... in quanto il (recente) programma 'ALASA', in effetti, non è mai stato portato a compimento ..... http://spacenews.com/darpa-airborne-lau ... t-falters/
I riferimenti agli F-15A erano invece relativi a programmi risalenti ad almeno una trentina di anni fa .....
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Re: Strike Eagle

Messaggio da Vultur » 3 gennaio 2016, 13:34

Forse vagamente evocativa come immagine, qualcuno deve aver messo un razzo di cinque metri e mezzo su un materasso matrimoniale, sopra però c'è scritto inerte.
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Messaggio da Vultur » 3 gennaio 2016, 13:52

Pare comunque che programmi antisatellite esistessero già dai primi anni sessanta (in mano all'esercito americano e non all'aeronautica, come il Nike-Zeus). Anche Mig-31 e F-106 sono stati coinvolti in programmi anti-satellite, o lancio-satelliti.
E poi, un Tristar che lancia un missile Pegasus:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(rocket)
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Messaggio da giragyro » 3 gennaio 2016, 19:10

Gli F106 se non ricordo male erano armati con il Genie a testata nucleare ?
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Messaggio da Vultur » 3 gennaio 2016, 19:51

Che so io si, ma l'F-106 venne considerato anche per l'antisatellite. Dovrebbe trattarsi del programma "Spike". Alle prove pensarono a una versione speciale del rim-66/agm-78 ARM, che doveva portare un piccolo modulo che avrebbe distrutto il satellite sbattendoci contro. (Non ho capito bene cosè il pod sotto la fusoliera).
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Messaggio da richelieu » 3 gennaio 2016, 20:40

Vultur ha scritto:Che so io si, ma l' F-106 venne considerato anche per l' antisatellite.
Dovrebbe trattarsi del programma "Spike".
Alle prove pensarono a una versione speciale del rim-66/agm-78 ARM, che doveva portare un piccolo modulo che avrebbe distrutto il satellite sbattendoci contro.
(Non ho capito bene cos' è il pod sotto la fusoliera).

Un pod contenente un cannone 'Vulcan' .....

Immagine

..... che venne installato successivamente ..... in quanto, fedeli alla ben nota, quanto strampalata, moda del 'tutto e solo missili' imperante a cavallo degli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta, gli Americani non avevano inizialmente provveduto a dotare gli F-106 e gli F-4 di armamento fisso .....


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Messaggio da richelieu » 3 gennaio 2016, 20:51

Inoltre .....

Progetto 'Spike' ..... http://www.f-106deltadart.com/photo_gal ... pon-System

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Messaggio da Vultur » 3 gennaio 2016, 22:25

a ok grazie. E' che mi sembrava strano lasciare un cannone su un aereo antisatellite.

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Messaggio da richelieu » 30 gennaio 2016, 0:00

Gli F-15 a protezione del Super Bowl 50 (*) .....
Super Bowl Air Game .....

Arie Church (2/1/2016)

Immagine
The Federal Aviation Administration is instituting two temporary flight restricted zones for different times over parts of the San Francisco Bay region for Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7.
FAA graphic.


California Air National Guard F-15s are flying a series of air defense exercises, intercepting light aircraft flown by the Civil Air Patrol in the lead up to Super Bowl 50.
The Federal Aviation Administration will institute a temporary no-fly zone over parts of San Francisco Bay region during the event on Feb. 7 .....
http://www.fly2sb50.org/flight-advisory.aspx
"Civil Air Patrol is proud to again partner with the US Air Force on this vital homeland security exercise. The opportunity to ensure safe skies around Levi's Stadium is a mission CAP takes very seriously," CAP National Commander Maj. Gen. Joe Vazquez said in a release .....
http://www.1af.acc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123467611
NORAD is conducting two Falcon Virgo air defense exercises to prep alert ANG F-15s from the 144th Fighter Wing at Fresno for the mission at the end of next week.
A pair of California CAP Cessna 182s are simulating low/slow threats for the drills Jan. 25 and Feb. 3, while a third aircraft will fly overhead communications relay for the event.
Unit F-15s are ​also currently flying at Red Flag preparing for their first deployment with the Eagle.
Fonte ..... il 'Daily Report' dell' AFA .....

(*) ..... https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_50
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Re: Strike Eagle

Messaggio da MatteF88 » 15 febbraio 2016, 15:14

Che antenne/sensori sono quelli sporgenti ai lati dell'abitacolo posteriore di F-15SG ed F-15SA?
Ho cercato un po' ma non ho trovato nulla..

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Messaggio da richelieu » 16 febbraio 2016, 10:48

MatteF88 ha scritto:Che antenne/sensori sono quelli sporgenti ai lati dell'abitacolo posteriore di F-15SG ed F-15SA?
Ho cercato un po' ma non ho trovato nulla ..

Immagine

Immagine

Forse Elisra SPS-2100 ..... ma son ben lontano dall'esserne certo .....

"RSAF’s F-15s shop far and wide for warfighter excellence" .....
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ ... excellence

"The Eagle Falls Silent" .....
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ ... lls-silent
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Messaggio da MatteF88 » 16 febbraio 2016, 12:17

Puó essere.
Strano comunque che non si trovi nulla di preciso, è una modifica abbastanza evidente anche a occhio nudo..

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Iperattività .....
Lakenheath’s March Madness .....

Brian Everstine (3/10/2016)

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A 493rd Fighter Squadron pilot takes off in an F-15C Eagle at RAF Lakenheath, England, March 7, 2016.
Air Force photo by A1C. Erin R. Babis.


F-15s assigned to RAF Lakenheath, England, are surging flight operations, almost quadrupling the number of daily sorties while standing by for operations.
So far in March, F-15s with the 48th Fighter Wing have flown up to 54 sorties per day, an increase from the regular schedule of 14.
Pilots are getting between nine and 12 sorties per week - or what many pilots get per month - said Lt. Col. Jason​ Zumwalt, the director of operations for the 493rd Fighter Squadron, in a release .....
http://www.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123470440
To keep up with the pace, the wing is practicing hot pit refueling.
“It’s great experience for the pilot to stay in the jet, get refueled, and do it again,” Zumwalt said.
“The sorties are exhausting, and this training pushes pilots further, testing their limits, so they are ready at a moment’s notice and can successfully accomplish the mission.”
On Feb. 19, Lakenheath F-15s joined unmanned aircraft in striking an ISIS training camp near Sabratha, Libya .....
http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pa ... Libya.aspx
The wing’s F-15s in November 2015 also deployed to help patrol Turkey’s airspace and conduct strike operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria .....
http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pa ... rhood.aspx
Fonte ..... il 'Daily Report' dell' AFA .....
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Messaggio da richelieu » 20 luglio 2016, 9:42

Un' innovazione ..... con prospettiva di ulteriori sviluppi ..... "Strike Eagle Flies With New Processor" .....

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A formation of F-15C Eagles, assigned to the 493rd Fighter Squadron, and an F-15E Strike Eagle, assigned to the 492nd Fighter Squadron, fly over Gloucestershire, England, to attend the Royal International Air Tattoo air show at RAF Fairford July 7, 2016.
The RAF Lakenheath aircraft were on public display, along with many other military aircraft from around the UK, to provide an opportunity for the US. military and its allies to showcase their capabilities.
(US Air Force photo by SrA. Erin Trower.)

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Boeing fa un' offerta .....
Mindful of the Air Force’s tight tactical aircraft budget, Boeing is offering the service a more modest package of F-15 upgrades than it has previously.
Gone are the headliner F-15 “Silent Eagle” proposals - first pitched seven years ago - which would have made the jet more stealthy, supplanted by a package that will instead make the Eagle a better partner for the F-22 and F-35, said Larry Burt, of Boeing’s Global Strike business sector.

Fonte ....."Long-Term Eagle Options" .....
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Messaggio da richelieu » 15 settembre 2016, 20:13

Post trasferito in altra discussione .....

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L' USAF, dopo decenni, riscopre, per i suoi caccia, i sensori IR .....
The US Air Force has delegated to Boeing the task of selecting a supplier for a $198 million upgrade of the F-15C/D that will enable the twin-engined fighter to detect at long range the heat generated by an aircraft engine.
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An IRST sensor — essentially, a gimballed, infrared telescope — is a common feature on the latest Western European and Russian fighter models, and is gaining popularity on US-made fighters.
Fonte ..... "USAF taps Boeing to select new F-15 sensor supplier" .....
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Messaggio da richelieu » 16 ottobre 2016, 14:10

Nuove ali e ..... lunga vita .....
The USAF held an industry day at Warner-Robins ALC, Georgia, on October 13, related to the F-15C/D Wing Replacement Program.
With 235 C/D models of the Eagle still in the inventory, the USAF is looking to push service life out to 2045 and new wings form part of a fleet viability program.
The new wings will be based on the F-15E production wing and ‘shall be capable of flying 14 years at current worst usage severity prior to first depot level inspection, with a minimum of 7 years flying time between recurring depot inspections afterwards’.
Fonte ..... "USAF looks to push F-15C/Ds out to 2045!" .....
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Messaggio da richelieu » 23 marzo 2017, 10:15

F-15 in pensione ?
Forse si ..... forse no ..... :scratch:
The Air Force is considering whether it will retire its F-15C fleet and replace it with F-16s with upgraded active electronically scanned array radars, service leaders told House legislators on Wednesday.
Lt. Gen. Scott Rice, director of the Air National Guard, and Maj. Gen. Scott West, director of current operations, said planning conversations on the transition are ongoing in testimony before the House subcommittee on readiness Wednesday afternoon.
Fonte: AFA ..... "USAF Considers Replacing F-15Cs with Upgraded F-16s" .....

I dubbi della congressista (ed ex-pilota di A-10) Martha McSally .....
Later in the hearing, Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., said that proposal was news to her, and asked Maj. Gen. Scott West, the Air Force's director of current operations and deputy chief of staff for operations, if there had been any decision made on retiring those fighters.
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McSally said that before the F-22 came online, the F-15C was probably the best air-to-air plane around.
She compared the F-16 to a "decathlete" that can handle multiple types of combat at a lower cost, but said that even with upgraded radar, it wouldn't have the same air-to-air capabilities as the F-15C.
She also expressed concern about what such a shift would do to aircraft readiness, considering that the Air Force is already facing a pilot shortage.
"We're already in a readiness crisis," McSally said.
"If you're now retraining everybody to another aircraft, in the midst of a crisis, that does have a bit of a short-term dip in readiness as well. With us being down to 55 fighter squadrons, we've just got to be careful on how that transition would happen, should this decision come to fruition."
Fonte: DefenseNews ..... "Are the F-15 Eagle's days numbered? Top generals say maybe" .....

FlightGlobal ..... " USAF calls plans to retire F-15s "pre-decisional" " .....
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Il paventato ritiro degli F-15 ..... sono in corso approfondimenti ..... ma regna l'incertezza ..... :scratch:
The US Air Force’s chief of staff is not counting out retiring the F-15C/D fleet, but can’t make any solid plans for the aircraft until the service has funding in place.
The air force is examining the cost it would take to retire its fleet of Boeing F-15C/Ds and replace them with Lockheed Martin F-16s, but that’s not unlike the analysis the service executes across all its weapons systems, USAF chief Gen David Goldfein told reporters 12 April.
The service has not drawn any conclusions on the cost benefit of retiring the Eagles, he adds.
“We’re looking at all options all the time because again, until we get a budget, it’s really hard to plan,” Goldfein says.
“I haven’t made any decision on the F-15. I actually haven’t made any decision on any of the aircraft.”
Fonte: FlightGlobal ..... "Amid budget uncertainty, USAF weighs F-15 retirement" .....

DefenseNews ..... "US Air Force chief ambivalent on F-15 Eagle retirement" .....

Una cosa è comunque certa ..... la vita operativa degli F-16, che, secondo le intenzioni dell' USAF, dovrebbero andare a sostituire gli F-15, subirà considerevole un incremento .....
Vedasi, in merito, la discussione pertinente .....
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Messaggio da richelieu » 20 aprile 2017, 11:39

I-N-E-V-I-T-A-B-I-L-E ..... :( :crybaby: :sad10:
Air Force revelations in recent weeks that it’s beginning to think about the phaseout of the F- 15C/D Eagle has raised eyebrows and concern on Capitol Hill, potentially setting the stage for a replay of the controversy over USAF’s attempt to retire the A-10.
But the move is inevitable, sooner or later, and is being considered in light of anticipated budgets and force structure, Air Combat Command chief Gen. James “Mike” Holmes said.
In an April 13 interview with Air Force Magazine, Holmes noted “the last ‘C’ model we bought (was) 31 years ago,” and “they’ve been used really hard.”
Without structural rehabilitation of center fuselage bulkheads, “the engineers say you can’t operate” in the F-15’s design envelope anymore “at an acceptable risk … You risk them coming apart.”
Fonte: AFA ..... "ACC Chief: F-15 Retirement Inevitable" .....
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Re: Strike Eagle

Messaggio da richelieu » 23 aprile 2017, 22:42

Ma Boeing, com' era facilmente prevedibile, non ci sta .....

The U.S. Air Force is contemplating a controversial proposal to retire its fleet of air superiority F-15C/D Eagles sometime after 2020, but manufacturer Boeing says the service has already put the jets on a path that will keep them in service and relevant into the 2030s.
By replacing the aircraft’s longerons — the thin strips of material that make up the skeleton of an aircraft — the Air Force can extend the life of the F-15C/D past 2030 for about $1 million per aircraft, Boeing’s vice president of F-15 programs, Steve Parker, said during an April 17 interview.
“So from a taxpayer perspective, it’s very cost effective,” Parker said.

Fonte: DefenseNews ..... "Boeing hits back on F-15C retirement proposal" .....
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