Sue Sapp/Special to the Telegraph The fuselage of an F-15 is lifted off jacks at Robins Air Force Base.
Sue Sapp/Special to the Telegraph The fuselage of an F-15 is lifted off jacks at Robins Air Force Base.
If you can find a copy of the great old Jimmy Stewart movie..”No Highway in the Sky”...it looks like the same test bed (g)
It sounds like the F15-SE has a radar profile that’s similar to the F35. They’ve both got the export market in mind but the F35 has been nothing but a consistent disappointment. The F15 is a proven platform so I’m wondering why it couldn’t replace certain variants of the F35. The F22 has cost problems but it sounds like it has unmatched performance/stealth capabilities.
I guess we’re too far along with the F35 but it seems like it would have been a better investment to focus on the F22 and to upgrade certain proven platforms like the F15.
Was searching to find what a F-15 upper longeron looks like and found this:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/f15crash.asp
Aviation Week article
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/VIDF15s021308.xml
Boeing has admitted that this stealth (F-15SE) will only be in the range of fifth generation aircraft such as the F-35 Lightning II from the frontal aspect
I used to help run the testing labs at Douglas and we did the same on the old A-4, the new T-45 and C-17 as well. Thus, the genesis of my tagline...