F-15SMT eagle+

[Spey_Phantom]

In 2000, Belgium started looking for a fighterjet to replace the Viggen. in 2002, the list was cut down to 3 aircraft: the F-16XL, Eurofighter and the F-15smt, of witch the f-15 won the competition.

Belgium became the launch customer for this version of the eagle, and the first european customer for the F-15. in november 2003, the first of 24 eagles were delivered to 25 squadron "the black widows" in Oostende. with this aircraft, new weapons were introduced with the SMT, such as the exocet ASM. in 2005, cutbacks in the budjet meant that 1 off the 2 eagle squadrons had to be disbanned, and 9 squadron siezed operations in june 2005. the remaining 12 F-15's from 25 squadron underwent the ESEP (Eagle Service Enhancement Program).

this upgrade meant that the aircraft could now use most european made arms such as the Mica, Meteor, Scalp,... all aircraft are serialed FE-01 to FE-24, the aircraft below is FE-18.

the model is armed with 4 AIM-9's, 4 AIM-7P's, 2 exocets and an ALQ-131 jamming pod, the canards are spare tailplanes from a heller F-8E kit, and the IRST is scratchbuild from spares.  

[Spey_Phantom]

bottom view of the armament  ^_^
since the cannon had to be deleted for the canard wireing, i mounted a new cannon witch is housed in in the hump on the side of the cockpit  B)  

[Eddie M.]

This a cool Eagle. I especially like your color scheme and markings. Great look. B)
   Eddie

[Captain Canada]

That is cool.....evrything looks nice in those Belgian roundels !



I enjoyed the story...but it's always sad to hear that an air arm only has 12 fighters

[Spey_Phantom]

I enjoyed the story...but it's always sad to hear that an air arm only has 12 fighters

oops, i forgot to mention that next to the viggen, that they also opperated 4 squadrons of Rafale-C/B's (48 delivered, the viggen was used for long range patrols) witch replace the F-104GS (sabca modernised starfighter) in 2001

[Davey B]

mmmm...
     

[Ollie]

F-15ACTIVE....

         

[John Howling Mouse]

Me likey!

 

[anthonyp]

That's cool!!!      

   

[Radish]

Great idea      

[gooberliberation]

I can't believe I've been admiring this one for so long without commenting yet! I dig the way you moved the cannon.

 

[Ollie]

Whoa, another F-15ACTIVE!

 

Congrats Nils!

 

[Brian da Basher]

Wow is that nice Nils! I like your upgrades and camo scheme! Belgian roundels are always great to see!

Brian da Basher

[Spey_Phantom]

*BUMP*

i just slightly repainted my F-15SMT
i desided to paint it in Flanders Air Command markings
as you see its good improvment, a perfect opportunity to try out my new Kodak digital camera  B)

gentlemen behold  

[Archibald]

Hey! The CF-100 is lovely! This is real world of course
What about a CF-105 in Belgian service?