F-15 Eagle

[nev]

Certainly a lot more ambitious than the real F-15J Kai upgrade!

[dy031101]

Does anybody know which film they're from?

Patlabor 2 the movie.

When one looks at it now, many of its features have individually existed, like S/MTD's canards and Silent Eagle's rear control surfaces.

[kitnut617]

It's got a few good feature but having seen quite a few F-15's take off and land, I'm wondering how it would in this configuration.  Unless there's something else there I can't see  like the lower canted tail level out for take-offs/landings.

[nev]

Didn't the Mig-23/27 have a big dorsal fin that folded away for landing/takeoff?

[Talos]

I have all the lineart for that upgraded Eagle from my copy of "This is Animation: Mobile Police Patlabor 2 the Movie" that I got in a used book store in Tokyo last month. There's also a stealthified F-16 as well that takes an important role in the movie when it bombs Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo Bay in the movie.

I'd scan the art, but it was posted by Nanashi on Macrossworld a few years ago, so credit goes to him for the scans.

[Talos]

Part II. Also, I seem to recall the captions saying the ventral fins fold. I'll check them out later.

Also added bonus stealth Fighting Falcon.

[ChernayaAkula]

Way cool! 

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Found this while searching for more information on another subject:

A WHIF F-15 with the wings from an F-16XL and some smaller vertical control surfaces.

[ysi_maniac]

Didn't the Mig-23/27 have a big [dorsal] fin that folded away for landing/takeoff?

You mean ventral, no?

[GTX]

New F-15 version anyone?

DATE:12/04/10
SOURCE:Flight International
USAF may convert some F-15Cs to radar jammers
By Stephen Trimble

The US Air National Guard may convert some Boeing F-15C Eagles into electronic warfare platforms, possibly adding an entirely new role for the classic air superiority fighter.

Adding a jamming pod on the F-15C's currently empty centreline weapon station becomes possible after a subset of the fleet is upgraded with the Raytheon APG-63(V)3 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, says Maj Todd Giggy, chief of weapons and tactics for the 159th Fighter Squadron.

"We're actively looking right now at an electronic warfare capability," Giggy says.

The first AESA-equipped F-15C (below) rolled out for the 159th Sqn on 12 April at Jacksonville, Florida, the first of three ANG bases to receive 48 "Golden Eagles".

USAF officials eventually hope to upgrade with AESA all 176 F-15Cs planned to remain in-service through 2030, but only the first 48 aircraft are funded.

As a replacement for the APG-70 mechanically scanned array, the AESA boosts the range and detection capability for the F-15.

Ramon Estrada, Raytheon's director of F-15 growth programmes, declined to answer whether the APG-63(V)3 can detect Russia's stealthy new PAK-FA prototype fighter, which Sukhoi designates as the T-50.

But Estrada confirmed the AESA is designed to detect targets with small radar cross sections. "I don't know the specifics with the T-50," Estrada says, "but I will tell you that this -(V)3 radar is very capable of detecting low-RCS platforms".

The array also improves the F-15's ability to track radar signals, which could prove useful in the jamming role.

Giggy, however, emphasized that an F-15C equipped with a jamming pod would not become a rival to the US Navy Boeing EA-18G Growler. "I want to dispel the idea that we're looking at an F-15G," Giggy says.

The EA-18G comes with a wide-spectrum and relatively longer-range jamming system, which includes an ALQ-218 receiver system and ALQ-99 jamming pods.

The F-15C would instead have a more limited jamming pod optimized for short-range threats, Giggy says.

The ANG discussions about an electronic warfare role for the F-15C comes after the USAF has twice abandoned attempts to convert the B-52 into a standoff jamming platform.

USAF officials have instead decided to focus on the stand-in jamming role, employing the Raytheon miniature air-launched decoy-jammer (MALD-J), upgrades to the EC-130 Compass Call fleet and, possibly, upgraded F-15Cs.

The USAF has lacked a dedicated platform for jamming radars since 1997, when the EF-111 Raven fleet was retired without a replacement. In 2002, the USAF unveiled an airborne electronic attack system of systems plan, which included the B-52 stand-off jammer, MALD-J and the Boeing X-45C. Only the MALD-J programme survived budget cuts, however.

Meanwhile, the US Navy is replacing Grumman EA-6B Prowlers with the EA-18G fleet.

Regards,

Greg

[Jschmus]

"I want to dispel the idea that we're looking at an F-15G," Giggy says.

They just lack imagination.  From an F-15C with one active jammer it's easy to extrapolate an outgrowth of the F-15E with a complete defense suppression suite, perhaps with features derived from the Silent Eagle.

[ysi_maniac]

What about a single tail Eagle?

[gofy]

I was planning on a single tail Eagle to replace F-4's in Vietnam.  After all, this is Whiffing

[ysi_maniac]

Look at this: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,29716.0.html

[dy031101]

Post continued from F/A-18 thread to match topic.

I just couldn't help to feel erked by the fact that so far the Silent Eagle could carry only four AMRAAMs in low-observable mode......

F-22 is the same

Not when those AMRAAMs belong to the Charlie model or better.  

Or alternatively, perhaps optimised underwing pods can add two to four AAMs (Sidewinders and/or AMRAAMs) to the total?  Might need to be placed at the outer hardpoints though as the lateral weapon bay door would likely prevent the use of the inner hardpoints as previous Eagles being so equipped.