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 |name= F-15E Strike Eagle
 |image= File:F-15E takes on fuel from KC-10.jpg
 |caption= An F-15E from the 391st Fighter Squadron
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 |type= Multirole strike fighter
 |national origin= United States
 |manufacturer= [[Company:McDonnell Douglas|McDonnell Douglas]] (1985–1997) <br/>Boeing Defense, Space & Security (1997–present)
 |designer=
 |first flight= {{Start date and age|1986|12|11|df=yes}}
 |introduced= 1988<ref name="1988service">''Splendid Vision, Unswerving Purpose: Developing Air Power for the United States Air Force During the First Century of Powered Flight'', Dept. of the Air Force (18 March 2003), p. 253.</ref><ref name="88service"/> <br />30 September 1989 ([[Finance:Initial operating capability|IOC]])<ref name=F15Chrono/>
 |retired=
 |number built= 525{{#tag:ref |Number built for F-15E= 237,<ref name= Davies_p90>Davies 2002, p. 90.</ref> F-15I= 25,<ref name= Davies_p90/> F-15S= 72,<ref name= Davies_p90/> F-15K= 61, F-15SG= 40, F-15SA= 84,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/royal-saudi-air-force-f-15sa-fighter-aircraft/ |title=Royal Saudi Air Force receives final F-15SA fighter aircraft |date=14 December 2020 |access-date=18 May 2022 |archive-date=11 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711071832/https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/royal-saudi-air-force-f-15sa-fighter-aircraft/ |url-status=live}}</ref> F-15QA= 4,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theaviationist.com/2021/10/29/qeaf-f-15qa-delivery/ |title=Here Are the First Four F-15QA Eagle Jets for the Qatar Emiri Air Force |date=29 October 2021 |access-date=18 May 2022 |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705130518/https://theaviationist.com/2021/10/29/qeaf-f-15qa-delivery/ |url-status=live}}</ref> F-15EX= 2;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eurasiantimes.com/f-16-fighter-pilot-lambasts-usaf-f-15ex-air-superiority-jets/ |title=Veteran F-16 Fighter Pilot Lambasts USAF F-15EX Air Superiority Jets; Calls It Obsolete, Outdated & Near 'Dead End' |date=28 October 2021 |access-date=14 June 2022 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109205827/https://eurasiantimes.com/f-16-fighter-pilot-lambasts-usaf-f-15ex-air-superiority-jets/ |url-status=live}}</ref> total= 525.|group=N}}
 |status= In service
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 |produced= 1985–present
 |developed from= [[Engineering:McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle]]
 |variants with their own articles= [[Engineering:Boeing F-15EX Eagle II|Boeing F-15EX Eagle II]]
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The '''McDonnell Douglas''' (now '''Boeing''') '''F-15E Strike Eagle''' is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.boeing.com/boeing/defense-space/military/f15/ |title= Boeing: F-15E Strike Eagle |website= Boeing Defense, Space & Security |publisher= The Boeing Company |access-date= 2015-01-18 |archive-date= 21 March 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150321014120/http://www.boeing.com/boeing/defense-space/military/f15 |url-status= live}}</ref> derived from the [[Engineering:McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle]]. The F-15E was designed in the 1980s for long-range, high-speed interdiction without relying on escort or electronic-warfare aircraft. {{wipe|United States Air Force}} (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagles can be generally distinguished from other US Eagle variants by darker [[Engineering:Aircraft camouflage|aircraft camouflage]], [[Engineering:Conformal fuel tank|conformal fuel tank]]s (CFTs) mounted along the engine intake ramps (although CFTs can also be mounted on earlier F-15 variants) and a tandem-seat cockpit.

The Strike Eagle has been deployed for military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, [[Place:Syria|Syria]], and [[Place:Libya|Libya]], among others.  During these operations, the strike fighter has carried out deep strikes against high-value targets and combat air patrols, and provided close air support for coalition troops. It has also been exported to several countries.

==Development==

===Origins===
The [[Engineering:McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle]] was introduced by the USAF to replace its fleet of [[Engineering:McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II]]s. Unlike the F-4, the F-15 was designed for the air superiority mission with little consideration for a ground-attack role; the F-15 Special Project Office opposed the idea of F-15s performing the interdiction mission, giving rise to the phrase "Not a pound for air to ground."<ref name=D&D_35>Davies and Dildy 2007, pp. 9, 15, 20, 35.</ref> In service, the F-15 has been a successful fighter, scoring over 100 aerial combat victories and zero losses in air-to-air combat as of 2007.<ref>Davies and Dildy 2007, inside cover.</ref>

Despite a lack of official interest, McDonnell Douglas quietly worked on an F-15-derived interdictor fighter. The company envisaged the aircraft as a replacement for the [[Engineering:General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark|General Dynamics F-111]] and the remaining F-4s, as well as to augment the existing F-15s.<ref>Donald 1995, p. 40.</ref> In 1978, the USAF initiated the Tactical All-Weather Requirement Study, which looked at McDonnell Douglas's proposal and other options such as the purchase of further F-111Fs. The study recommended the F-15E as the USAF's future strike platform.<ref name=WPAJ_42>Donald 1995, p. 42.</ref> In 1979, McDonnell Douglas and Hughes began a close collaboration on the development of the F-15E's air-to-ground capabilities.<ref>Davies 2003, pp. 15–16.</ref>

To assist in the F-15E's development, McDonnell Douglas modified the second TF-15A prototype, AF serial number ''71-0291'', as a demonstrator. The aircraft, known as the Advanced Fighter Capability Demonstrator, first flew on 8 July 1980.<ref name=WPAJ_42/> It was previously used to test conformal fuel tanks (CFTs), initially designed for the F-15 under the designation "FAST Pack", with ''FAST'' standing for "Fuel and Sensor, Tactical.<ref name=WPAJ_42/> It was subsequently fitted with a Pave Tack [[Engineering:Laser designator|laser designator]] targeting pod to allow the independent delivery of guided bombs.<ref>Jenkins 1997, p. 42.</ref> The demonstrator was displayed at the 1980 Farnborough Airshow.<ref name=WAPJ_44>Donald 1995, p. 44.</ref>

===Enhanced Tactical Fighter===
In March 1981, the USAF announced the Enhanced Tactical Fighter program to procure a replacement for the F-111. The program was later renamed the Dual-Role Fighter (DRF) competition. The concept envisioned an aircraft capable of launching deep air interdiction missions without requiring additional support by fighter escort or [[Engineering:Radar jamming and deception|jamming]].<ref>Rininger 2009, pp. 85, 88.</ref> [[Company:General Dynamics|General Dynamics]] submitted the [[Engineering:General Dynamics F-16XL|F-16XL]], while McDonnell Douglas submitted the F-15E. The [[Engineering:Panavia Tornado|Panavia Tornado]] was also a candidate, but since the aircraft lacked a credible air-superiority fighter capability, coupled with the fact that it was not American-made, it was not seriously considered.<ref name=WAPJ_44/>

[[File:McDonnell Douglas F-15E Prototype 060905-F-1234S-024.jpg|thumb|left|The second TF-15A, AF Ser. No. ''71-0291'', used as an F-15E demonstrator]]
The DRF evaluation team, under the direction of Brigadier General Ronald W. Yates, ran from 1981 through 30 April 1983, during which the F-15E logged more than 200 flights, demonstrated takeoff weight of more than {{Convert|75000|lb|t}}, and validated 16 different weapons-carrying configurations.<ref name=J98_36/><ref name=WAPJ_45>Donald 1995, p. 45.</ref> McDonnell Douglas, to assist ''71-0291'' in the evaluation, added to the program other F-15s, designated ''78-0468'', ''80-0055'', and ''81-0063''. The single-engined F-16XL was a promising design, which with its radically redesigned [[Engineering:Delta wing#Design variations|cranked-delta wing]], greatly boosted performance; if selected, the single- and two-seat versions were to be designated F-16E and F-16F, respectively.<ref name=WAPJ_45/> On 24 February 1984, the USAF chose the F-15E; key factors in the decision were the F-15E's lower development costs compared to the F-16XL (US$270 million versus US$470 million), a belief that the F-15E had future growth potential, and possessing twin-engine redundancy.<ref name=J98_36>Jenkins 1998, p. 36.</ref><ref name=F15Chrono>Ciborski, James R. [http://www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil/AFtopics/f15chronology.htm "The F-15 Eagle: A Chronology."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920040909/http://www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil/AFtopics/f15chronology.htm |date=20 September 2007}} ''History Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command,'' Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, June 2002.</ref> The USAF was initially expected to procure 400 aircraft, a figure later revised to 392.<ref name=WAPJ_45/><ref name=Dual_Role>Ulsamer, Edgar. [http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/1984/April%201984/0484eagle.aspx "In Focus: The Dual-Role Eagle."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219003942/http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/1984/April%201984/0484eagle.aspx |date=19 February 2012}} ''Air Force magazine'', April 1984.</ref>

Construction of the first three F-15Es started in July 1985. The first of these, ''86-0183'', made its [[Engineering:Maiden flight|maiden flight]] on 11 December 1986.<ref name=J98_36/><ref name=F15Chrono/> Piloted by Gary Jennings, the aircraft reached a maximum speed of Mach 0.9 and an altitude of 40,000&nbsp;feet (12,000&nbsp;m) during the 75-minute flight.<ref name=J98_36/> This aircraft had the full F-15E avionics suite and the redesigned front fuselage, but not the aft fuselage and the common engine bay.<ref name=J98_36/> The latter was featured on ''86-0184'', while ''86-0185'' incorporated all the changes of the F-15E from the F-15.<ref name=J98_36/> On 31 March 1987, the first officially completed F-15E made its first flight.<ref>Rininger 2009, p. 89.</ref>

The first production F-15E was delivered to the 405th Tactical Training Wing, {{wipe|Luke Air Force Base}}, Arizona, in April 1988.<ref name=F15Chrono/> Production continued into the 2000s with 236 produced for the USAF through 2001.<ref name=JAWA_F-15E>[http://www8.janes.com/Search/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/yb/jawa/jawa1183.htm@current&pageSelected=allJanes&backPath=http://search.janes.com/Search&Prod_Name=jawa&keyword= "Boeing F-15E Eagle."] ''Jane's All the World's Aircraft'', Jane's Information Group, 2010 (subscription article, dated 26 February 2010).</ref>

===Upgrade programs and replacement===
[[File:McDonnell Douglas F-15E First production F-15E (SN 86-0183) in flight 060905-F-1234S-026.jpg|thumb|First production F-15E, 86-0183]]

The F-15E was upgraded with the Raytheon AN/APG-82(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar after 2007, and the first test radar was delivered to Boeing in 2010.<ref>Frost, Patricia. [http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1362 "Boeing Receives 1st F-15E Radar Modernization Program Test Asset from Raytheon."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007214053/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1362 |date=7 October 2011}} ''Boeing.'' Retrieved: 27 February 2012.</ref> It combines the processor of the APG-79 used on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet with the antenna of the APG-63(V)3 AESA being fitted on the F-15C;<ref>Trimble, Stephen. [http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/11/01/219095/raytheon-claims-aesa-upgrade-contract-for-f-15e.html "Raytheon claims AESA upgrade contract for F-15E."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005084010/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/11/01/219095/raytheon-claims-aesa-upgrade-contract-for-f-15e.html |date=5 October 2010}} ''Flightglobal.com,'' 1 November 2007.</ref> it was named APG-63(V)4 until it received the APG-82 designation in 2009.<ref>Trimble, Stephen. [http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/06/17/328220/paris-air-show-raytheon-trumps-northrop-with-new-aesa.html "Raytheon trumps Northrop with new AESA designation."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707012503/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/06/17/328220/paris-air-show-raytheon-trumps-northrop-with-new-aesa.html |date=7 July 2009}} ''Flight Daily News'', 17 June 2009.</ref> The new radar is to be part of the F-15E Radar Modernization Program,<ref>Frost, Patricia. [http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q4/071101d_nr.html "Boeing Selects Raytheon to Provide AESA Radar for U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706221119/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q4/071101d_nr.html |date= 6 July 2009}} ''Boeing'', 1 November 2007.</ref> which also includes a wideband radome (enabling operation on more radar frequencies) and environment control and electronic warfare improvements.<ref>[http://defense-update.com/20120723_boeing-f-15e-radar-modernization-program-begins-2nd-low-rate-initial-production-phase.html "F-15E, B-1B Modernization and Upgrades."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704190600/http://defense-update.com/20120723_boeing-f-15e-radar-modernization-program-begins-2nd-low-rate-initial-production-phase.html |date=4 July 2017}} ''Defense Update'', 23 July 2012.</ref>

Having a sturdier airframe rated for twice the lifetime of earlier variants, the F-15E is expected to remain in service past 2025.<ref>Tirpak, John A. [http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2007/March%202007/0307force.aspx "Making the Best of the Fighter Force."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221144805/http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2007/March%202007/0307force.aspx |date=21 February 2009}} ''Air Force'', March 2007.</ref> {{As of|2012|12}}, the USAF's F-15E fleet had an average age of 21 years and an average airframe flying time of 6,000 hours. In 2012, the USAF was reportedly considering future options; no replacement for the F-15E is slated. In 2021, [[Company:Boeing|Boeing]] stated that its F-15EX Eagle II aircraft will replace the existing fleet of F-15C Eagle fighters in the USAF, with the option to also begin replacing the F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defensenews.com/air/2021/04/07/the-f-15ex-has-a-new-name/ |title=The F-15EX has a new name |date=7 April 2021 |access-date=2 June 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122130147/https://www.defensenews.com/air/2021/04/07/the-f-15ex-has-a-new-name/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The F-15EX Eagle II follows very closely to the Strike Eagle design, with a two-seat configuration as well as further air to ground capabilities. The USAF has stated that they will look into the F-15EX replacing the Strike Eagles at a later time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35312/lets-talk-about-the-air-force-potentially-replacing-the-f-15e-with-the-f-15ex |title=Let's Talk About the Air Force Potentially Replacing the F-15E with the F-15EX |date=2 August 2020 |website=The War Zone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524200812/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35312/lets-talk-about-the-air-force-potentially-replacing-the-f-15e-with-the-f-15ex |archive-date=24 May 2022}}</ref> Another choice is the F-35 Lightning II, set to replace other aircraft such as the F-16 Falcon; a ''F-35E'' variant was studied. Adding a second seat to the F-35 is complex and costly, especially to preserve its stealth profile; providing for greater range and payload would also be difficult tasks. Alternatively, the role could be covered by a combination of fighter and bomber aircraft, such as the B-21 Raider. The F-15E may also be replaced by a clean-sheet sixth-generation aircraft design.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-mulls-options-for-replacement-of-boeing-f-15e-strike-eagle-380233/ USAF mulls options for replacement of Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220092254/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-mulls-options-for-replacement-of-boeing-f-15e-strike-eagle-380233/ |date=20 February 2017}} – Flightglobal.com, 13 December 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/12/what-will-replace-the-f-15e-st/ What will replace the F-15E Strike Eagle?] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329000230/http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/12/what-will-replace-the-f-15e-st/ |date=29 March 2015}} – Flightglobal.com, 17 December 2012.</ref>

===ALASA===
On 24 March 2014, Boeing won a $30.6 million contract from DARPA as part of the [[Engineering:Airborne Launch Assist Space Access|Airborne Launch Assist Space Access]] (ALASA) program.  The goal of the program is to cut the cost of putting microsatellites into orbit by 66% through advances in launch systems.  Under the 11-month contract, Boeing will build twelve {{convert|24|ft|m|abbr=on}} launch vehicles, each with a payload capability up to {{convert|100|lb|kg|abbr=on}}. An ALASA vehicle is to be fitted under an F-15E, which will climb to 40,000&nbsp;ft, then be released and fire its four engines to reach low-Earth orbit.  Awarding the contract to Boeing would make use of the F-15E as the carriage vehicle, as previous design contracts had been given to [[Company:Lockheed Martin|Lockheed Martin]] to use the [[Engineering:Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] and [[Company:Virgin Galactic|Virgin Galactic]] to use their SpaceShip Two aircraft. DARPA had previously insisted they wanted to select an aircraft they would not need to modify heavily to carry and launch the ALASA payload.<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/boeing/Features/2014/03/bds_darpa_contract_03_27_14.page Boeing wins contract to design DARPA Airborne Satellite Launch Vehicle] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401062539/http://www.boeing.com/boeing/Features/2014/03/bds_darpa_contract_03_27_14.page |date=1 April 2014}} – Boeing press release, 27 March 2014</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20140726190155/http://www.spacenews.com/article/military-space/40023boeing-targets-66-percent-launch-cost-reduction-with-alasa Boeing Targets 66 Percent Launch Cost Reduction with ALASA] – Spacenews.com, 28 March 2014</ref> The project was terminated in late 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spacenews.com/darpa-airborne-launcher-effort-falters/ |author=Mike Gruss |title=DARPA Scraps Plan To Launch Small Sats from F-15 Fighter Jet |website=spacenews.com |date=30 November 2015 |accessdate=14 June 2023}}</ref>

==Design==
[[File:F-15e cockpit.jpg|thumb|Forward cockpit of an F-15E with three multifunction displays]]
The F-15E's deep-strike mission is a radical departure from the original intent of the F-15 since it was designed as an air-superiority fighter under the mantra "not a pound for air-to-ground."<ref>Hallion, Richard P. [http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj90/win90/1win90.htm "A Troubling Past: Air Force Fighter Acquisition since 1945."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025032302/http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj90/win90/1win90.htm |date=25 October 2016}} ''Airpower Journal'', Winter 1990. Retrieved: 1 September 2011.</ref> The basic airframe, however, proved versatile enough to produce a very capable strike fighter. The F-15E, while designed for ground attack, retains the air-to-air lethality of the F-15, and can defend itself against enemy aircraft.<ref name=Jenkins_p35>Jenkins 1998, pp. 35–36.</ref>

The F-15E prototype was a modification of the two-seat F-15B. Despite its origins, it includes significant structural changes as well as more powerful engines. The aft fuselage was designed to incorporate the more powerful engines with advanced engine bay structures and doors, which incorporate [[Engineering:Superplastic forming and diffusion bonding|Superplastic forming and diffusion bonding]] technologies. The back seat is equipped for a weapon systems officer (WSO, pronounced "wizzo") to work the air-to-ground [[Engineering:Avionics|avionics]] via multiple screens; these view the [[Engineering:Radar|radar]], [[Social:Electronic warfare|electronic warfare]], or [[Physics:Thermographic camera|thermographic camera]]s, monitor aircraft or weapons status and possible threats, select targets, and use an electronic moving map to navigate. Two hand controls are used to select new displays and to refine targeting information; displays can be moved from one screen to another using a menu of display options. Unlike previous two-place jets (e.g. the F-14 Tomcat and Navy variants of the F-4), whose back seat omitted flying controls, the F-15E's back seat is equipped with its own stick and throttle so the WSO can take over flying, albeit with reduced visibility.<ref name=Davies_2003_p63>Davies 2003, pp. 63–64.</ref>

For extended range, the F-15E is fitted with two [[Engineering:Conformal fuel tank|conformal fuel tank]]s (CFTs) that hug the fuselage to produce lower drag than conventional underwing/underbelly [[Engineering:Drop tank|drop tank]]s. They carry 750 U.S. gallons (2,800 L) of fuel, and house six weapons hardpoints in two rows of three in tandem. Unlike conventional drop tanks, CFTs cannot be jettisoned, thus increased range is a trade-off for increased drag and weight compared to a "clean" configuration.

[[File:USAF F-15D Top.jpg|thumb|left|A wing-over maneuver displays the clean lines and high-wing design of an F-15E from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska]]
The tactical electronic warfare system (TEWS) integrates all countermeasures on the craft: radar warning receivers, radar jammer, radar and chaff/flare dispensers are all tied to the TEWS to provide comprehensive defense against detection and tracking. This system includes an externally mounted ALQ-131 ECM pod which is carried on the centerline pylon when required.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} The MIDS Fighter Data Link Terminal, produced by BAE Systems, improves situational awareness and communications capabilities via the Link 16 datalink.<ref>[http://www.baesystems.com/ProductsServices/bae_prod_eis_mids_fdl.html MIDS Fighter Data Link Terminal."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919155316/http://www.baesystems.com/ProductsServices/bae_prod_eis_mids_fdl.html |date=19 September 2009}} ''baesystems.com''. Retrieved: 27 February 2012.</ref>

The APG-70 radar allows crews to detect ground targets from longer ranges; one feature is that, after a sweep of a target area, the crew may freeze the air-to-ground map then switch to air-to-air mode to scan for aerial threats. During air-to-surface weapon delivery, the pilot is capable of detecting, targeting, and engaging air-to-air targets while the WSO designates ground targets. The APG-70 is to be replaced by the AN/APG-82(V)1 AESA radar, which began flight tests in January 2010 with initial operational capability expected in 2014.<ref>Frost, Patricia. [http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=838 "Boeing F-15E Radar Modernization Program Receives New Designation."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725093938/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=838 |date=25 July 2011}} ''Boeing,'' 15 September 2009.</ref>

Its inertial navigation system uses a [[Physics:Ring laser gyroscope|laser gyroscope]] to continuously monitor the aircraft's position and provide information to the central computer and other systems, including a digital moving map in both cockpits. The LANTIRN system is mounted externally under the engine intakes; it allows the aircraft to fly at low altitudes, at night, and in any weather conditions, to attack ground targets with a variety of precision-guided and unguided weapons. The LANTIRN system gives the F-15E exceptional accuracy in weapons delivery day or night and in poor weather, and consists of two pods attached to the exterior of the aircraft. At night, the video picture from the LANTIRN can be projected on the [[Head-up display|head-up display]] (HUD), producing an infrared image of the ground.<ref name=Jenkins_p100>Jenkins 1998, pp. 100–101.</ref>

[[File:F-15E Strike Eagle With Landing Gear Down Underside View.jpg|thumb|upright|An underside view of an F-15E Strike Eagle with landing gear down]]
The AN/AAQ-13 navigation pod contains a [[Engineering:Terrain-following radar|terrain-following radar]] which allows the pilot to safely fly at a very low altitude following cues displayed on a HUD; it also can be coupled to the autopilot to provide "hands off" terrain-following capability. This pod also contains a [[Physics:Forward-looking infrared|forward-looking infrared]] system which is projected on the HUD, typically used during nighttime or low-visibility operations. The nav pod is installed beneath the right engine intake. The targeting pod contains a laser designator and a tracking system that mark an enemy for destruction as far away as 10&nbsp;mi (16&nbsp;km). Once tracking has started, targeting information is automatically handed off to [[Physics:Infrared homing|infrared homing]] [[Engineering:Air-to-surface missile|air-to-surface missile]]s or laser-guided bombs. The targeting pod is mounted beneath the left engine intake; configurations may be either the AN/AAQ-14, AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening, or the [[Engineering:Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod|AN/AAQ-33 Sniper]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

The F-15E carries the most air-to-ground weapons in the USAF inventory. It is also armed with [[Engineering:AIM-9 Sidewinder|AIM-9 Sidewinder]]s and AIM-120 AMRAAMs, retaining the counter-air capabilities of its Eagle lineage, being fully capable of Offensive-Counter-Air operations. Like the F-15C, it also carries an internally mounted General Electric [[Engineering:M61 Vulcan|M61A1]] 20&nbsp;mm cannon with 500 rounds, which is effective against enemy aircraft and "soft" ground targets.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

Since 2004, South Korean firm LIG Nex1 has been manufacturing the F-15's Head-up display; a total number of 150 HUDs were delivered by 2011.<ref name=DNLIG>[http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=5674407 "S. Korean Firm Wins Contract To Supply F-15 Displays."] {{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ''defensenews.com''. Retrieved: 27 February 2012.</ref><ref name=DNLIG2>Sung-Ki, Jung. [https://archive.today/20120731042620/http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4693992 "S. Korean Firm Exports Head-Up Display to USAF."] ''defensenews.com.'' Retrieved: 27 February 2012.</ref> LIG Nex1 had been a participant in the F-15K program as a subcontractor to [[Company:Rockwell Collins|Rockwell Collins]].<ref name=DNLIG /><ref name=DNLIG2 /> LIG Nex1 is also preparing to manufacture F-15's new multi-function display and flight control computer.<ref name=DNLIG /> Also since 2004, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has produced the F-15's wings and forward fuselages; in 2008, KAI established another production line for Singapore's F-15SG.<ref name=KAIf-15>[https://www.koreaaero.com/english/business/fuselage_01.asp "F-15/Apache Fuselage Monopolization Program."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809130914/http://www.koreaaero.com/english/business/fuselage_01.asp |date=9 August 2017}} ''koreaaero.com.'' Retrieved: 27 February 2012.</ref> KAI is involved in the design and manufacture of the Conformal Weapons Bay (CWB) for the [[Engineering:Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle|F-15 Silent Eagle]].<ref>Carder, Phil and Changgyun Koh. [http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1499 "Boeing, Korea Aerospace Industries Sign Agreement for Production of F-15SE Silent Eagle Conformal Weapons Bay."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920010319/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1499 |date=20 September 2011}} ''Boeing.'' Retrieved: 27 February 2012.</ref>

The engines used on early aircraft are Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220. Later batches feature the more powerful P&W F100-PW-229 engines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/technology/engines/101-engines|title=Strike Eagle reference and resources - F-15E.info - Engines|first=Szabolcs|last=Serflek|website=f-15e.info|access-date=18 December 2015|archive-date=20 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220053152/http://f-15e.info/joomla/technology/engines/101-engines|url-status=live}}</ref> Saudi Arabian and Israeli aircraft originally used P&W F100-229 engines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15s/168-f-15s-differences|title=Strike Eagle reference and resources - F-15E.info - F-15S Differences|first=Szabolcs|last=Serflek|website=f-15e.info|access-date=18 December 2015|archive-date=21 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221184955/http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15s/168-f-15s-differences|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15i-raam/197-f-15i-differences|title=Strike Eagle reference and resources - F-15E.info - F-15I Differences|first=Szabolcs|last=Serflek|website=f-15e.info|access-date=18 December 2015|archive-date=21 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221184957/http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15i-raam/197-f-15i-differences|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, Saudi Arabia decided to re-engine their F-15S and F-15SA fleets with [[Engineering:General Electric F110|General Electric F110]]-GE-129 engines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/saudi-arabia-awards-ge-f110-deal-to-re-engine-boeing-217850/|title=Saudi Arabia awards GE F110 deal to re-engine Boeing F-15S|date=4 October 2007|access-date=18 December 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222105752/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/saudi-arabia-awards-ge-f110-deal-to-re-engine-boeing-217850/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15sa/2515-f-15sa-differences|title=F-15E.info: Strike Eagle reference and resources - F-15E.info - F-15SA Differences|first=Szabolcs|last=Serflek|website=f-15e.info|access-date=18 December 2015|archive-date=21 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221184956/http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15sa/2515-f-15sa-differences|url-status=live}}</ref> The South Korean F-15K had two different engines; the first batch are powered by GE F110 engines, while the second batch are powered by P&W F100 engines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15k-slam-eagle/173-f-15k-differences|title=Strike Eagle reference and resources - F-15E.info - F-15K Differences|first=Szabolcs|last=Serflek|website=f-15e.info|access-date=20 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703132619/http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15k-slam-eagle/173-f-15k-differences|archive-date=3 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Singapore Air Force equipped their F-15SG fleet with GE F110 engines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15sg/585-f-15sg-differences|title=Strike Eagle reference and resources - F-15E.info - F-15SG Differences|first=Szabolcs|last=Serflek|website=f-15e.info|access-date=18 December 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222210612/http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15sg/585-f-15sg-differences|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/singapore-chooses-ges-f110-for-its-f15-strike-eagles-01731/|title=Singapore Chooses GEs F110 for its F-15 Strike Eagles|access-date=19 December 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117104640/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/singapore-chooses-ges-f110-for-its-f15-strike-eagles-01731/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Operational history==

===United States===
The F-15E was first delivered to the U.S. Air Force operational units in 1988.<ref name="88service">Russian Air Power, Airlife Pub Ltd (1 July 2002), p. 37</ref> The F-15E reached initial operational capability on 30 September 1989 at {{wipe|Seymour Johnson Air Force Base}} in North Carolina with the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron.<ref name=F15Chrono/>

====Gulf War====
[[File:USAF F-16A F-15C F-15E Desert Storm edit2.jpg|thumb|USAF F-15Es, accompanied by an F-15C and two F-16s, flying over burning Kuwaiti oil wells.]]

The F-15E was deployed in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 for Operation Desert Shield. The 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron flew to Seeb Air Base in Oman to begin training exercises in anticipation of an Iraqi attack on Saudi Arabia; in December, the 335th and 336th squadrons relocated to Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, closer to Iraq's border.<ref>Davies 2005, p. 14.</ref> At the start of Operation Desert Storm, 24 F-15Es launched an attack on five fixed [[Engineering:Scud|Scud]] installations in western Iraq on 17 January 1991.  Missions against Scud sites continued through that night with a second strike of 21 F-15Es. At night-time, F-15Es flew hunter missions over western Iraq, searching for mobile SCUD launchers. By conducting random bombings in suspected areas, it was hoped to deter the Iraqis from setting up for a Scud launch.<ref>Davies 2005, p. 22.</ref>

On the war's opening night, an F-15E failed to hit a MiG-29 with an AIM-9 Sidewinder; other F-15Es also unsuccessfully engaged this lone MiG-29, which was eventually brought down by a missile of unknown origin.<ref name=bennett>[http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/1993/January%201993/0193bennett.aspx "Tim Bennett's War."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503111218/http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/1993/January%201993/0193bennett.aspx |date=3 May 2018}} ''Air Force magazine online,'' January 1993.</ref><ref name=Davies_p17>Davies 2005, pp. 17–24.</ref> On 18 January, during a strike against a petrol oil and lubricant plant near Basrah, an F-15E was lost to enemy fire, killing both pilot and WSO. F-15E crews described this mission as the most difficult and dangerous of the war as it was heavily defended by SA-3s, SA-6s, SA-8s and Rolands as well as by anti-aircraft artillery. Two nights later, a second and final F-15E was downed by an Iraqi SA-2; the crew survived and evaded capture for several days and made contact with coalition aircraft, but a rescue was not launched due to security issues over an airman who failed to identify himself with proper codes. The Iraqis later captured both airmen.<ref>Davies 2005, p. 25.</ref>

F-15Es destroyed 18 Iraqi jets on the ground at Tallil air base using GBU-12s and CBU-87s. On 14 February, an F-15E scored its only air-to-air kill of the war: a [[Engineering:Mil Mi-24|Mil Mi-24]] helicopter. While responding to a request for help by US Special Forces, five Iraqi helicopters were spotted. The lead F-15E of two, via its FLIR, acquired a helicopter in the process of unloading Iraqi soldiers, and released a GBU-10 bomb. The F-15E crew thought the bomb had missed its target and were preparing to use a Sidewinder when the helicopter was destroyed. The Special Forces team estimated that the Hind was roughly {{convert|800|ft|m}} over the ground when the {{convert|2000|lb|abbr=on}} bomb hit its target.<ref>Davies 2005, pp. 29–30.</ref> As another Coalition bombing operation had commenced, the F-15Es disengaged from combat with the remaining helicopters.<ref name=bennett/>

F-15Es struck heavily defended targets throughout Iraq, prioritizing SCUD missile sites. Missions aimed at killing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein were undertaken by F-15Es, bombing several suspected locations. Prior to the ground war, F-15Es flew tank plinking missions against Iraqi vehicles in Kuwait. After 42 days of combat, a cease fire came into effect on 1 March 1991, leading to the creation of Northern and Southern no-fly zones over Iraq.<ref name=Davies_p30-1/>

====Operations Southern Watch and Northern Watch====
[[File:USAF F-15E Strike Eagle Iraq 1999.jpg|thumb|An F-15E over Iraq in 1999 for Operation Northern Watch]]

Following Desert Storm, two no-fly zones over Iraq were set up, and enforced typically by US and UK aircraft. In one incident, an attack on up to 600 Kurdish refugees by Iraqi helicopters at [[Place:Chamchamal|Chamchamal]], northern Iraq, was observed by a flight of F-15Es. As they were not allowed to open fire, the F-15Es instead conducted several high speed passes as close as possible to the Iraqi helicopters to create severe wake-turbulence, while aiming lasers at the helicopter's cockpits to attempt to blind their crews; this caused the crash of one Hind. Afterwards, USAF leadership ordered F-15Es not to fly below {{convert|10000|ft|m}} to deter a repetition.<ref name=Davies_p30-1>Davies 2005, pp. 30–31.</ref>

F-15Es of the 391st Fighter Squadron, 492d Fighter Squadron, and 494th Fighter Squadron regularly deployed to Turkey throughout the 1990s. In January 1993, in breach of the ceasefire agreement, Iraqi targets below the 32nd parallel north were attacked; 10 F-15Es conducted a punitive strike days later.<ref name="Davies 2005, p. 33">Davies 2005, p. 33.</ref> Most missions were of a defensive nature, the Strike Eagles carried a flexible range of weapons on a typical mission. AWACS aircraft were in close contact with F-15E crews, who would receive new taskings while airborne and thus could fly unplanned attacks on Iraqi targets.<ref name="Davies 2005, p. 33"/> After 1993, no-fly zone violations were minimal as Iraq staged a minor withdrawal; in 1997, [[Place:Turkey|Turkey]] approved the creation of Operation Northern Watch (ONW) and permitted US forces to use the Incirlik air base.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

In December 1998, Operation Desert Fox was conducted when Iraq refused UNSCOM inspections. On 28 December 1998, three F-15Es struck an SA-3 tracking radar and optical guidance unit, each dropping two GBU-12 500-pound precision-guided munitions (PGMs).{{cn|date=February 2023}} After Desert Fox, Iraq frequently violated the no-fly zones, thus F-15Es conducted several pre-planned retaliatory strikes; in ONW alone, weapons were expended on at least 105 days.<ref>Davies 2005, pp. 35–36.</ref> Between 24 and 26 January 1999, F-15Es expended several AGM-130s and GBU-12s against SAM sites near [[Place:Mosul|Mosul]], northern Iraq.<ref>Davies 2005, p. 35.</ref> They also flew in support of Operation Provide Comfort and Operation Provide Comfort II.<ref name=Davies_p30-1/>

====Operations in the Balkans====
[[File:Aviano f-15.jpg|thumb|F-15E departing Aviano Air Base, Italy, for a strike mission in Operation Allied Force on 28 March 1999]]

Operation Deny Flight was a {{wipe|United Nations}}-enforced no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina due to the deteriorating situation in the [[Place:Balkans|Balkans]]. In August 1993, F-15Es from 492nd and 494th FS deployed to Aviano, Italy. In late 1993, NATO ordered a limited F-15E strike at Udbina airfield, targeting Serbian forces in neighboring Croatia. Eight F-15Es armed with GBU-12s took off to attack an SA-6 anti-aircraft vehicle; the mission was cancelled mid-flight over the application of stringent Rules of Engagement.<ref name=davies_p43>Davies 2005, p. 43.</ref> In December 1993, F-15Es launched to destroy a pair of SA-2s which had fired upon two Royal Navy Sea Harrier FRS 1s.<ref name=davies_p44>Davies 2005, p. 44.</ref> In August 1995, F-15Es of 90th Fighter Squadron were also deployed. The 492d and 494th flew over 2,500 sorties since starting Deny Flight, 2,000 of these by 492d. In August 1995, in support of NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, F-15Es flew strike missions against Serbian armor and logistics around the Bosnian capital, [[Place:Sarajevo|Sarajevo]]. On 9 September, an F-15E deployed the type's first GBU-15 bomb; dropping nine on Bosnian-Serb ground forces and air defense targets near Banja Luka.<ref name=davies_p44/>

In response to the displacement of Kosovars and the Serbian government's rejection of a NATO ultimatum, Operation Allied Force was launched in March 1999.  A total of 26 F-15Es flew the first strikes of Allied Force against Serb surface-to-air-missile sites, anti-aircraft batteries and early warning radar stations.<ref>Davies 2005, p. 46.</ref> Strike Eagles were deployed to Aviano as well as RAF Lakenheath in the UK. In-theater, F-15Es conducted close air support (CAS) missions, a popular concept within the USAF.<ref name=autogenerated1>Davies 2005, p. 47.</ref> Missions typically lasted around 7.5&nbsp;hours, included two aerial refuelings; F-15Es would carry a mix of air-to-air and air-to-ground munitions to perform both combat air patrol duties as well as strike missions in the same mission.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Mobile SAM launchers posed a considerable threat to NATO aircraft and had made successful shoot-downs, most notably of a [[Engineering:Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk|Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk]]. In order to strike from increased distances, the F-15E was equipped with the AGM-130, which provided a stand-off strike capability.<ref>Davies 2005, p. 59.</ref>

====Operation Enduring Freedom====
[[File:F-15e.jpg|thumb|upright|An F-15E over Afghanistan during Operation Mountain Lion, 2006.]]

Weeks after the {{as written|[[Religion:September 11 attacks|September 11 attacks]]}} in 2001, the 391st Fighter Squadron deployed to Ahmad al-Jaber air base, Kuwait, to support Operation Enduring Freedom during the War in Afghanistan. F-15Es met little resistance during initial missions. On the first night, the main targets were [[Religion:Taliban|Taliban]] military structures, supply depots, and [[Religion:Al-Qaeda|al-Qaeda]] training camps and caves. Both the AGM-130 and GBU-15 {{convert|2000|lb|abbr=on}} bombs were expended; this was the GBU-15's first combat usage.<ref>Davies 2005, p. 63.</ref> GBU-24s and GBU-28s were used against reinforced targets, command and control centers and cave entrances. F-15Es often operated in pairs alongside pairs of F-16Cs. Within weeks of the start of combat operations, there was a lack of targets to strike as nearly all targets had been already destroyed. The Taliban had access to SA-7 and FIM-92 Stinger portable [[Engineering:Surface-to-air missile|surface-to-air missile]]s, posing no threat to most aircraft flying above {{convert|7000|ft|m}}. Additionally, fixed SAM sites near cities as Mazar-i-Sharif and Bagram were struck early on; Afghanistan had rapidly become a low-threat environment for air operations.<ref name=davies_p64>Davies 2005, p. 64.</ref>

Aircraft commonly flew on-call support missions for allied ground forces, F-15Es usually carried MK-82 and GBU-12 bombs in this role, other weapons were sometimes carried, during one mission a GBU-28, two GBU-24s and six GBU-12s were released.<ref name=davies_p64/> Frequent targets during the rest of the war were individual insurgents, light vehicles and supply convoys; cannon fire was often expended as well as bombs from F-15Es.<ref>Davies 2005, p. 65.</ref> It was during combat over Afghanistan that four 391st crews conducted the longest fighter mission in history; lasting a total of 15.5&nbsp;hours, nine of those hours spent flying over the target area. Two F-15Es attacked two Taliban command and control facilities, two buildings suspected of being used by Taliban fighters, and a road block; the F-15Es refueled 12 times during the mission.<ref>Davies 2005, pp. 68–69.</ref>

[[File:F-15E 391st USAF 081215-F-7823A-931.jpg|left|thumb|An F-15E of the 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron launching heat decoys over Afghanistan, 2008]]
On 4 March, another incident known as the Battle of Roberts' Ridge involved several F-15Es performing a CAS mission. Aircraft destroyed a Taliban observation post and responded to nearby enemy mortar fire upon Navy SEAL forces searching for an ambushed MH-47E Chinook in the Shah-i-Kot Valley.<ref name=davies_p72>Davies 2005, p. 72.</ref> Several bombs were dropped as the SEAL team took fire, however one bomb missed due to the aircrew using incorrect coordinates.<ref name=davies_p72/> An MH-47 carrying a rescue team was downed by an [[Engineering:Rocket-propelled grenade|RPG]] while attempting to support the SEALs.<ref name=davies_p73>Davies 2005, p. 73.</ref> Following refueling, the F-15Es dropped a further 11 GBU-12s in coordination with ground forces, and fired their cannons on Taliban forces in close proximity to the survivors of the downed MH-47.<ref name=davies_p73/> F-16s of 18th Fighter Squadron also made strafing passes until cannon ammunition was depleted, then resorting to further bomb drops. The F-15Es suffered technical issues involving both radio and weapon failures, several GBU-12s were dropped before returning to Al Jaber in Kuwait.<ref>Davies 2005, p. 76.</ref>

Years later, several incidents occurred. On 23 August 2007, a friendly fire incident involved an F-15E mistakenly dropping a {{convert|500|lb|abbr=on}} bomb on British forces, killing three soldiers;<ref>Harding, Thomas, Tom Coghlan and Aislinn Simpson. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1561313/Outcry-as-friendly-fire-kills-three-UK-soldiers.html "Outcry as 'friendly fire' kills three UK soldiers."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222152904/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1561313/Outcry-as-friendly-fire-kills-three-UK-soldiers.html |date=22 December 2016}} ''The Telegraph'', 25 August 2007.</ref> the stated cause was confusion between the air controller and the F-15E on the bombing coordinates.<ref>[http://www.hmsolicitors.co.uk/news/grid-reference-confusion-led-to-death-of-anglian-soldiers "Grid reference confusion led to death of Anglian soldiers."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323154142/http://www.hmsolicitors.co.uk/news/grid-reference-confusion-led-to-death-of-anglian-soldiers |date=23 March 2012}} ''hmsolicitors.co.uk,'' 16 December 2009.</ref> On 13 September 2009, an F-15E shot down a non-responsive MQ-9 Reaper drone over Northern Afghanistan to prevent it entering foreign airspace.<ref>Harwood, Matthew. [http://www.securitymanagement.com/news/usaf-shoots-down-out-control-reaper-over-northern-afghanistan-006194 "USAF Shoots Down Out-of-Control Reaper Over Northern Afghanistan."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923190400/http://www.securitymanagement.com/news/usaf-shoots-down-out-control-reaper-over-northern-afghanistan-006194 |date=23 September 2009}} ''Securitymanagement.com'', 16 September 2009.</ref>

====Operation Iraqi Freedom====
[[File:F-15 wingtip vortices.jpg|thumb|upright|An F-15E disengaging from a KC-10 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Note the visible wingtip vortices.]]

In late 2002, during tension over suspected Iraqi possession of weapons of mass destruction, the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base was ordered to maintain at least one squadron ready to deploy to the Persian Gulf. During January 2003, the 336th was deployed to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in coordination with planners of the Combined Air Operations Center at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.<ref name=davies_p77-78>Davies 2005, pp. 77–78.</ref> In late January, F-15Es began flying in Operation Southern Watch, typically performing surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Additional roles included simulated combat against potential Iraqi targets and regional familiarization with local procedures and [[Social:Rules of engagement|rules of engagement]].<ref name=davies_p77-78/> During OSW, F-15Es struck targets in southern and western Iraq, including radars, radio stations, command and control sites, and air defences. On one night, four F-15Es released multiple GBU-24s on the Iraqi Republican Guard/Baath Party HQ in Basrah while another flight of four destroyed a nearby Air Defense Sector HQ with six GBU-10s.<ref name=davies_p80>Davies 2005, p. 80.</ref>

In late February, the 336th received additional aircrews, many drafted from the two non-deployable squadrons at Seymour Johnson (the 333d and 334th Fighter Squadrons) and 391st Fighter Squadron at {{wipe|Mountain Home Air Force Base}}, for a total of four aircrews per F-15E.<ref name=davies_p80/> In March, the 335th Fighter Squadron's personnel and aircraft joined the 336th at Al Udeid. One objective was the destruction of Iraq's air defenses and Early Warning radar network near the Jordanian border, allowing F-16s and helicopters to operate from Jordan from the war's outset. Several radar sites and radio relay stations were hit in western Iraq near the "H3" airfield, encountering heavy anti-aircraft fire.<ref name=davies_p82>Davies 2005, p. 82.</ref>

On 19 March, as F-117 Nighthawks dropped bombs over [[Place:Baghdad|Baghdad]], targeting a house where Saddam Hussein was believed to be; F-15Es dropped GBU-28s around the H3 airfield. On 20 March, the effective start of the war, F-15Es fired AGM-130s against communication, command and control buildings, and other key targets in Baghdad; some weapons missed their intended targets, possibly due to jamming by EA-6B Prowlers in the vicinity.<ref>Davies 2005, p. 83.</ref> On 3 April 2003, an F-15E mistook a [[Engineering:M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System|M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System]] (MLRS) for an Iraqi surface-to-air missile site and dropped a {{convert|500|lb|abbr=on}} laser-guided bomb, killing three and wounding five others.<ref>Dao, James. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/15/national/15friendly.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/D/Dao,%20James&pagewanted=all&position= "A Trail of Pain From a Botched Attack in Iraq in 2003."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122130150/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/15/us/a-trail-of-pain-from-a-botched-attack-in-iraq-in-2003.html |date=22 January 2023}} ''{{wipe|The New York Times}}'', 15 April 2005.</ref>

On 7 April 2003, an F-15E, crewed by Captain Eric Das and Major William Watkins, performed a key interdiction mission in support of special forces;<ref name=Posthumous_Awards/> the cause was undetermined but believed to be unlikely due to enemy action.{{cn|date=December 2023}} Das and Watkins were posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart.<ref name=Posthumous_Awards>Hafemeister, Rob. [http://amarillo.com/stories/100803/new_dasgiven.shtml "Das Given Posthumous Awards: Former Amarilloan honored in death."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603235213/http://amarillo.com/stories/100803/new_dasgiven.shtml |date=3 June 2011}} ''Air Force Times'', 18 August 2003. Retrieved: 4 September 2011.</ref> During the war, F-15Es were credited with destroying 60% of the Iraqi Medina Republican Guard's total force; they also struck 65 MiGs on the ground,<ref name=davies_p82/> and destroyed key air defense and command buildings in Baghdad. F-15Es worked with other jets deployed to Al Udeid, including RAAF F/A-18s, USAF F-16s and F-117s, RAF Panavia Tornados and US Navy F-14s.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}

====Operation Odyssey Dawn====
Following the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 on 17 March 2011, 18 USAF F-15Es were amongst other NATO and allied aircraft were deployed to enforce the Libyan no-fly zone as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn. On 21 March 2011, an F-15E from the 492d Fighter Squadron crashed near Bengazi, Libya.<ref>Crilly, Rob. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8397587/Libya-US-fighter-jet-crash-lands-in-field-near-Benghazi.html "Libya: US fighter jet crash lands in field near Benghazi."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314110019/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8397587/Libya-US-fighter-jet-crash-lands-in-field-near-Benghazi.html |date=14 March 2018}} ''The Telegraph,'' 22 March 2011.</ref> Both crew members parachuted into territory held by resistance elements of the Libyan population and were eventually rescued by US Marines.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/03/22/exp.am.intv.marks.plane.update.cnn "U.S. F-15 fighter crashes in Libya."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230111923/http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/03/22/exp.am.intv.marks.plane.update.cnn |date=30 December 2010}} ''CNN,'' 22 March 2011. Retrieved: 27 February 2011.</ref><ref>Meyer, Sebastian. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8397634/Libyan-residents-discover-wreckage-of-US-plane.html "Libyan residents discover wreckage of US plane."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010054955/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8397634/Libyan-residents-discover-wreckage-of-US-plane.html |date=10 October 2016}} ''The Daily Telegraph,'' 22 March 2011.</ref> Equipment problems caused a weight imbalance and contributed to the crash when leaving the target area.<ref>[http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/ExecSum2011/F-15E_Libya_21%20Mar%2011.pdf "United States Air Force Aircraft Accident Investigation Board Report – F-15E Strike Eagle, T/N 91-000304."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121233954/http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/ExecSum2011/F-15E_Libya_21%20Mar%2011.pdf |date=21 January 2012}} ''USAF'', 26 October 2011.</ref>

====Operations against Islamic State (2014–present)====
USAF F-15Es have participated in Operation Inherent Resolve against [[Religion:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria. On the morning of 23 September 2014, numerous American and Arab aircraft conducted air strikes in Syria against IS fighters, training compounds, headquarters and command and control facilities, storage facilities, a finance center, supply trucks, and armed vehicles.<ref>[http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/500047/air-force-fighters-bombers-conduct-strikes-against-isil-targets-in-syria.aspx Air Force fighters, bombers conduct strikes against ISIL targets in Syria] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006125850/http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/500047/air-force-fighters-bombers-conduct-strikes-against-isil-targets-in-syria.aspx |date=6 October 2014}} – AF.mil, 23 September 2014</ref> The Pentagon released videos of targets hit by ordnance deployed by F-15Es, taken by their AN/AAQ-33 Sniper targeting pods.<ref>[http://freebeacon.com/national-security/f-15e-strike-eagle-decimates-isil-compound-in-syria/ F-15E Strike Eagle Decimates ISIL Compound in Syria] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003163334/http://freebeacon.com/national-security/f-15e-strike-eagle-decimates-isil-compound-in-syria/ |date=3 October 2014}} – Freebeacon.com, 28 September 2014</ref><ref>[http://theaviationist.com/2014/09/30/f-15e-strike-sniper-atp/ Watch an ISIS compound be wiped out through an F-15E Strike Eagle's SNIPER advanced targeting pod] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003012749/http://theaviationist.com/2014/09/30/f-15e-strike-sniper-atp/ |date=3 October 2014}} – Theaviationist.com, 30 September 2014</ref> Between August 2014 and January 2015, F-15Es flew 37 percent of all USAF sorties.<ref>[http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/01/19/a10-strikes-isis-11-percent/21875911/ A-10 Performing 11 Percent of Anti-ISIS Sorties] – Defensenews.com, 19 January 2015</ref>

[[File:494th Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle.jpg|thumb|left|A 492 FS F-15E of the 48th Fighter Wing taking off from RAF Lakenheath]]
USAF F-15Es based at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom performed several long range strikes against IS camps and prominent figures in Libya. On 13 November 2015, a pair of F-15Es killed Abu Nabil al-Anbari, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya, in a strike near Darnah, Eastern Libya.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/isis-us-f-15-jet-fighters-kill-islamic-states-libyan-chief-abu-nabil-1528781|title=Isis: US F-15 jet fighters kill Islamic State's Libyan chief Abu Nabil|first=Taku|last=Dzimwasha|date=14 November 2015|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084358/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/isis-us-f-15-jet-fighters-kill-islamic-states-libyan-chief-abu-nabil-1528781|url-status=live}}</ref> On 20 February 2016, USAF F-15Es<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/12164765/US-warplanes-strike-Isil-camp-in-Libya-targeting-Tunisia-terror-attacks-militant.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/12164765/US-warplanes-strike-Isil-camp-in-Libya-targeting-Tunisia-terror-attacks-militant.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=US 'targets Tunisia beach massacre organiser' in strikes against Islamic State in Libya|first=Raf|last=Sanchez|date=19 February 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> hit an IS training camp near Sabratha where foreign fighters were based, reportedly killing Noureddine Chouchane, a 36-year-old Tunisian jihadist linked to the 2015 Sousse attacks. Sources said that 49 people were killed and 6 wounded;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/fighter-jets-target-libya-s-sabratha-40-killed-official-n521506|title=U.S. Fighter Jets Target ISIS in Libya's Sabratha; Dozens Killed|author=Alastair Jamieson|publisher=NBC News|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-date=19 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219200225/http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/fighter-jets-target-libya-s-sabratha-40-killed-official-n521506|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/19/africa/libya-us-airstrike-isis/index.html|title=U.S. strikes ISIS camp in Libya; 49 killed|last1=Botelho|first1=Greg|last2=Starr|first2=Barbara|date=19 February 2016|website=CNN|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-date=19 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219192008/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/19/africa/libya-us-airstrike-isis/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> two Serbians kidnapped by IS in 2015 were also reportedly killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/20/africa/libya-us-airstrike-isis/index.html|title=U.S. strikes ISIS camp in Libya; 49 killed|last1=Botelho|first1=Greg|last2=Starr|first2=Barbara|date=20 February 2016|website=CNN|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-date=20 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220135421/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/20/africa/libya-us-airstrike-isis/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 8 June 2017, an F-15E shot down a pro-Syrian Regime UAV near Al Tanf, Syria;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/world/middleeast/syria-drone-shot-down.html|title=U.S. Says It Shot Down Drone That Attacked Fighters in Syria|first=Michael R.|last=Gordon|date=8 June 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=8 June 2017|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608205622/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/world/middleeast/syria-drone-shot-down.html|url-status=live}}</ref> according to OIR officials, it was downed after deploying "one of several weapons it was carrying near a position occupied by Coalition personnel... [It was] similar in size to a U.S. MQ-1 Predator".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inherentresolve.mil/News/News-Releases/Article/1208008/coalition-statement-on-at-tanf/|title=Coalition statement on at Tanf|access-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612013216/http://www.inherentresolve.mil/News/News-Releases/Article/1208008/coalition-statement-on-at-tanf/|archive-date=12 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The drone may have been a [[Engineering:Shahed 129|Shahed 129]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/08/iranian-backed-militias-employ-drone-against-u-s-forces-in-syria/|title=Iranian-Backed Militias Employ Drone Against U.S. Forces in Syria|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911191751/http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/08/iranian-backed-militias-employ-drone-against-u-s-forces-in-syria/|url-status=live}}</ref> on 20 June 2017, a second Shahed-129 was downed by an F-15E near the 50 mile exclusion zone around Al-Tanf.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/politics/us-syria-shoots-down-pro-regime-drone/index.html|title=First on CNN: US shoots down another pro-regime drone in Syria|author=Ryan Browne|author2=Barbara Starr|date=20 June 2017|publisher=CNN|access-date=21 June 2017|archive-date=9 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509120440/https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/20/politics/us-syria-shoots-down-pro-regime-drone/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 21 August 2021, a USAF F-15E shot down an unidentified drone with an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile as the drone approached US forces in Eastern Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2021-08-23/coalition-aircraft-shoots-down-drone-syria-f-15-air-force-2642735.html|title=US-led coalition aircraft shoots down drone over Syria|access-date=23 August 2021|archive-date=23 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823160611/https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2021-08-23/coalition-aircraft-shoots-down-drone-syria-f-15-air-force-2642735.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Israel===
[[File:IAF-F-15I-Raam--Independence-Day-2017-Tel-Nof-IZE-171.jpg|thumb|{{wipe|Israeli Air Force}} F-15I Ra'am]]

The F-15I is operated by the Israeli Defense Force/{{wipe|Israeli Air Force}} No 69 Squadron, succeeding the F-4 Phantom II. It is used akin to a strategic bomber due to its long range, high munition capacity and advanced systems.

After the Gulf War in 1991, in which Israeli towns were attacked by SCUD missiles based in Iraq, the Israeli government decided a long range strike aircraft was needed, issuing a Request for Information (RFI). In response, Lockheed Martin offered a version of the [[Engineering:General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]], while McDonnell Douglas offered both the F/A-18 Hornet and the F-15E. On 27 January 1994, the Israeli government announced their intention to buy 21 modified F-15Es, designated ''F-15I''. On 12 May 1994, the US Government authorized the purchase of up to 25 F-15Is by Israel. In November 1995, Israel ordered four extra F-15Is; 25 were built from 1996 to 1998.<ref name=davies_2002/> Some of the air-to-air missiles aircraft can carry: the AIM-9L, Rafael Python 4 and the Rafael Python 5 infrared-homing missiles; and the AIM-7 Sparrow and the AIM-120 AMRAAM radar-guided missiles.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}} In 1999, Israel announced its intention to procure more fighters and that a possible contender was the F-15I. However, the contract went to the F-16I.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

===Saudi Arabia===

In November 2009, {{wipe|Royal Saudi Air Force}} (RSAF) F-15s, along with Saudi Tornados, performed air raids amid the Houthi insurgency in north Yemen. It was the RSAF's first military action over hostile territory since Operation Desert Storm.<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/33670149 "Saudis bomb Yemen rebels across border."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702132633/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/33670149 |date=2 July 2020}} ''MSNBC'', 5 November 2009.</ref> In October 2010, Saudi Arabia requested 84 F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) fighters, upgrading of its existing F-15S fleet to F-15SA standard, and related equipment and weapons through a Foreign Military Sale (FMS).<ref name=DSCA_F-15SA_request>[http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2010/Saudi_Arabia_10-43.pdf "Saudi Arabia – F-15SA Aircraft"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716025006/http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2010/Saudi_Arabia_10-43.pdf |date=16 July 2011}}. US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 20 October 2010.</ref> On 29 December 2011, the U.S. signed a $29.4 billion contract to sell 84 F-15SAs, as well as the F-15S upgrades.<ref>Wolf, Jim. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-arms-saudiarabia-idUSTRE7BS0LJ20111229 "U.S. Saudi fighter jet sale to help offset Iran."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161319/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/29/us-usa-arms-saudiarabia-idUSTRE7BS0LJ20111229 |date=24 September 2015}} ''Reuters,'' 29 December 2011.</ref> In June 2012, an FMS contract for 68 F-15S to F-15SA modification kits was placed with Boeing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=4820|title=U.S. Defense.gov Contracts for Tuesday, 26 June 2012|access-date=27 June 2012|archive-date=14 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714090002/http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=4820|url-status=live}}</ref> On 20 February 2013, the maiden flight of the first new-build F-15SA occurred.<ref name=AIN_First_F-15SA>[http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-defense-perspective/2013-05-03/boeing-presents-first-f-15sa-saudi-arms-package "Boeing Presents First F-15SA of Saudi Arms Package"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112163726/http://ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-defense-perspective/2013-05-03/boeing-presents-first-f-15sa-saudi-arms-package |date=12 January 2014}}. AIN Online</ref>

====Saudi led in intervention in Yemen (2015–present)====

On 26 March 2015, Saudi F-15Ss, along with other Arab coalition assets, started striking targets in Yemen as part of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, called ''Operation Decisive Storm''. Opposing a joint force composed of former Houthi rebels and Yemeni Army forces, the strikes, at least initially, were met by ineffective anti-aircraft fire that reportedly only caused damage when falling to the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/29/yemen-anti-aircraft-fire-cause-of-most-civilian-casualties-in-sanaa-report-says|title=Yemen: anti-aircraft fire cause of most civilian casualties in Sana'a, report says|first=Kareem|last=Shaheen|date=29 May 2015|website=The Guardian|access-date=17 December 2016|archive-date=17 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217084622/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/29/yemen-anti-aircraft-fire-cause-of-most-civilian-casualties-in-sanaa-report-says|url-status=live}}</ref> Early strikes were aimed at air defense sites, Army HQs, military airports, ballistic missiles depots, and launchers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationalinterest.org/feature/3-saudi-weapons-war-yemens-houthis-should-fear-12497|title=3 Saudi Weapons of War Yemen's Houthis Should Fear|first=Akhilesh|last=Pillalamarri|date=2015-03-28|access-date=3 March 2016|archive-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308001945/http://nationalinterest.org/feature/3-saudi-weapons-war-yemens-houthis-should-fear-12497|url-status=live}}</ref> During these attacks, a Saudi F-15S crashed into the Gulf of Aden after circling over the sea; its two pilots ejected safely and were recovered from the sea by a USAF HH-60G rescue helicopter; Arab coalition reports claimed enemy fire was not involved,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-rescues-saudi-pilots-from-crashed-fighter-jet-1427502224|title=U.S. Rescues Saudi Pilots from Crashed Fighter Jet|first=Julian E.|last=Barnes|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=28 March 2015|access-date=10 March 2017|archive-date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417180455/https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-rescues-saudi-pilots-from-crashed-fighter-jet-1427502224|url-status=live}}</ref> while Houthi and Iranian sources claimed they had shot it down.<ref name="JANESWM">{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/article/50393/analysis-initial-saudi-air-strikes-lacked-intensity |title=Yemen's 'barely functional' air force points to US involvement in strikes |access-date=1 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507132243/http://www.janes.com/article/50393/analysis-initial-saudi-air-strikes-lacked-intensity |archive-date=7 May 2015 |url-status=dead |work=Janes}}</ref> On 8 January 2018, a RSAF F-15S was reportedly shot down by a Houthi surface-to-air missile; a Houthi-released video shows the F-15 increasing speed and releasing decoy flares before being struck by a projectile and apparently suffering major damage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/17486/houthi-rebels-release-flir-video-showing-shoot-down-of-saudi-f-15s|title=Houthi Rebels Release FLIR Video Showing Shoot Down of Saudi F-15S Over Yemen (Updated)|last1=Trevithick|first=Joseph|last2=Rogoway|first2=Tyler|work=The War Zone|access-date=2018-01-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809020535/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/17486/houthi-rebels-release-flir-video-showing-shoot-down-of-saudi-f-15s|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theaviationist.com/2018/01/09/yemens-shiite-houthis-claim-saudi-f-15-kill-with-sam-over-capital-city-of-sanaa/|title=Yemen's Houthis Claim Saudi F-15 Kill with SAM Over Capital City of Sanaa|date=2018-01-09|work=The Aviationist|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115023450/https://theaviationist.com/2018/01/09/yemens-shiite-houthis-claim-saudi-f-15-kill-with-sam-over-capital-city-of-sanaa/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 9 January 2018, the Houthi media, Al-Masirah, announced that the F-15 had been damaged but did not crash.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=17971&cat_id=3 |title=القوات الجوية تعلن إدخال منظومة صواريخ أرض جو جديدة لميدان المعركة |website=almasirah.net |language=ar |access-date=2018-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202191953/https://almasirah.net/details.php?es_id=17971 |archive-date=2 February 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 21 March 2018, Houthi rebels released a video allegedly showing a RSAF F-15 being hit in Saada province by a R-27 air to air missile adapted for surface to air use.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofislamabad.com/22-Mar-2018/saudi-military-f-15-fighter-jet-shot-down-in-yemen-report|title=Saudi Military F - 15 fighter jet shot down in Yemen: Report|date=2018-03-22|access-date=24 March 2018|archive-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630135404/https://timesofislamabad.com/22-Mar-2018/saudi-military-f-15-fighter-jet-shot-down-in-yemen-report|url-status=live}}</ref> As in the video of the previous similar hit recorded on 8 January, the target, while clearly hit, seems not falling to the sky when the video stops. Saudi forces confirmed the hit, while saying the jet safely landed at a Saudi base.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MbKS15/status/976524371576737795|title=محمد بن خالد on Twitter|access-date=24 March 2018|archive-date=13 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513005142/https://twitter.com/MbKS15/status/976524371576737795|url-status=live}}</ref> Saudi sources confirmed the incident involved a surface-to-air missile being launched at the jet from inside Saada airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2018/03/21/Coalition-fighter-jet-targeted-by-surface-to-air-missile-over-Saada.html|title=Coalition fighter jet unsuccessfully targeted by defense missile over Saada|website=english.alarabiya.net|date=21 March 2018|access-date=24 March 2018|archive-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326182338/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2018/03/21/Coalition-fighter-jet-targeted-by-surface-to-air-missile-over-Saada.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/78774/saudi-arabia-says-f-15-survived-sam-hit-over-yemen|title=Saudi Arabia says F-15 survived SAM hit over Yemen - Jane's 360|website=janes.com|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325232021/http://www.janes.com/article/78774/saudi-arabia-says-f-15-survived-sam-hit-over-yemen|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Potential operators ===
====Egypt====
A US agreement to sell F-15s to Egypt for the {{wipe|Egyptian Air Force}} was announced in March 2022. A contract needs to be finalized after price and delivery date are determined.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.egyptdefenceexpo.com/news/us-to-supply-f-15s-to-egypt |url-status=live |title=US to supply F-15s to Egypt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324123421/https://www.egyptdefenceexpo.com/news/us-to-supply-f-15s-to-egypt|archive-date=Mar 24, 2023}}</ref>

==Variants==
[[File:F-15E Refuelling over Afghan mountains - 081211-F-7823A-185.jpg|thumb|A USAF F-15E refueling over the mountains of Afghanistan]]

===F-15E variants===
{{vanchor|F-15E}}
Two-seat all-weather long-range strike and ground-attack aircraft for the USAF. A total of 236 were built from 1985 to 2001.<ref name=JAWA_F-15E/><ref name=davies_2002>Davies 2002.</ref>

====F-15I====
[[File:F-15 eagle (2107 D1999335).jpg|thumb|left|IAF F-15I (Ra'am)]]

The F-15I is operated by the Israeli Air Force where it is known as the ''Ra'am'' (רעם – "Thunder"). It is a dual-seat ground attack aircraft powered by two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engines, and is based on the F-15E.

The F-15I features different avionic systems to USAF F-15E to meet Israeli requirements. Initially, Sharpshooter targeting pods designed for IAF F-16s were fitted for night-time strikes, but were less capable than the LANTIRN pods used on USAF F-15Es; Israel later bought 30 LANTIRN pods. The F-15Is initially lacked Radar Warning Receivers; Israel installed its own Elisra SPS-2110 electronic warfare equipment as well as a new central computer and embedded GPS/INS system. All sensors can be slaved to the [[Engineering:Helmet-mounted display|Display and Sight Helmet]] (DASH) helmet-mounted sight, providing both crew members a means of targeting which the F-15E lacks. The F-15I uses the APG-70I radar; its terrain mapping capability can locate targets difficult to spot while under adverse weather conditions and can detect large airliner-sized targets at {{convert|150|nmi|mi km}}, and fighter-sized targets at {{convert|56|nmi|mi km|abbr=on}}; it has a reduced resolution one-third below the APG-70.<ref name= saudi>Fulghum, David A. [http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/awst/2010/08/16/AW_08_16_2010_p23-247194.xml "Saudis Want Raytheon AESA Radar On F-15s."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317084430/https://aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news%2Fawst%2F2010%2F08%2F16%2FAW_08_16_2010_p23-247194.xml |date=17 March 2020}} ''Aviation Week'', 16 August 2010.</ref> In January 2016, Israel approved F-15I upgrades such as structural changes, an AESA radar, updated avionics, and new weapons.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/israel-gives-green-light-to-f-15i-upgrade-421013/ |title= Israel gives green light to F-15I upgrade |work= Flight global |date= 20 January 2016 |access-date= 20 January 2016 |archive-date= 22 January 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160122092228/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/israel-gives-green-light-to-f-15i-upgrade-421013/ |url-status= live}}</ref>

====F-15K====
[[File:F-15K lands at Nellis AFB.jpg|thumb|F-15K at Nellis AFB, Nevada, 2008 for the Red Flag 08-4 exercise]]

The F-15K Slam Eagle (Korean: F-15K 슬램 이글) is a derivative of the F-15E, operated by the {{wipe|Republic of Korea Air Force}}. Several major components were outsourced to South Korean companies under an [[Earth:Offset agreement|offset agreement]], wherein South Korea was responsible for 40% of production and 25% of assembly.<ref>[http://blueskymc.net/data/BSTrade%20Offsets-intro.pdf "Trade Offsets: An Instrument of Government Procurement."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626154650/http://blueskymc.net/data/BSTrade%20Offsets-intro.pdf |date=26 June 2011}} ''Blue Sky Management and Consultant,'' 30 June 2011.</ref> The fuselage and wings are supplied by Korea Aerospace Industries,<ref>[http://www.koreaaero.com/english/business/fuselage_01.asp "KAI Major Programs: Airframe."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809130914/http://www.koreaaero.com/english/business/fuselage_01.asp |date=9 August 2017}} ''Korea Aerospace Industries'', 30 June 2011.</ref> flight control actuator by Hanwha Corporation,<ref>[http://english.hanwhacorp.co.kr/BusinessArea/Explosives/AerospaceAutomotiveBusiness/AerospaceProducts/Aerospace.jsp "Hanwha Corporation – Aerospace Products."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808090606/http://english.hanwhacorp.co.kr/BusinessArea/Explosives/AerospaceAutomotiveBusiness/AerospaceProducts/Aerospace.jsp |date=8 August 2010}} ''Hanwha Corporation'', 30 June 2011.</ref> electronic jammer and [[Engineering:Radar warning receiver|radar warning receiver]] by Samsung Thales,<ref>Streetly, Martin. [http://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/upload/201003140000111.pdf "Aircraft Self-Protection Expands in Asia."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707175133/http://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/upload/201003140000111.pdf |date=7 July 2011}} ''asianmilitaryreview'', 13 July 2011.</ref> head-up display, airborne communication system, and radar by LIG Nex1,<ref name=DNLIG2/><ref>[http://www.tradekorea.com/product-detail/P00052095/Radar.html "LIGNEX1 CO., LTD e-Catalog: Radar."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213210001/http://www.tradekorea.com/product-detail/P00052095/Radar.html |date=13 February 2014}} ''tradeKorea.com''. Retrieved: 30 June 2011.</ref> and engines by Samsung Techwin under license<ref>[http://www.deagel.com/Fighter-Aircraft-Engines/F110-GE-129_a001736003.aspx "Samsung Techwin produces F-15K engines."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329130812/http://www.deagel.com/Fighter-Aircraft-Engines/F110-GE-129_a001736003.aspx |date=29 March 2016}} ''Deagel.com.'' Retrieved: 30 June 2011.</ref> before final assembly at Boeing's St. Louis facility.

In 2002, ROKAF selected the F-15K for its F-X fighter program, during which the F-15K, the [[Engineering:Dassault Rafale|Dassault Rafale]], the [[Engineering:Eurofighter Typhoon|Eurofighter Typhoon]] and [[Engineering:Sukhoi Su-35|Sukhoi Su-35]] were evaluated. A total of 40 aircraft were ordered, deliveries began in 2005.<ref>[http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f15ks-first-flight-successful-0119/ "F-15K's First Flight Successful."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809131615/http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f15ks-first-flight-successful-0119/ |date=9 August 2017}} ''Defense Industry Daily,'' 7 March 2005.</ref> On 25 April 2008, a second batch of 21 F-15Ks were ordered, worth 2.3&nbsp;trillion Korean won (US$2.3&nbsp;billion). This second batch differs from first batch aircraft in having Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 (EEP) engines, license-produced by Samsung Techwin, for commonality with the KF-16 fleet.<ref>[http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=001&aid=0002061255 "F-15K" (in Korean)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016052247/http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=001&aid=0002061255 |date=16 October 2013}}. ''Yonhap News''. Retrieved: 27 February 2012.</ref><ref name=flug_F-15K>[http://www.flugrevue.de/index.php?id=1347 "Boeing F-15K Eagle"] {{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}, ''Flug Revue'', 5 May 2008.</ref> ROKAF had received 50 F-15Ks by June 2011.<ref>[http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1765 "Boeing Delivers 2 F-15K Slam Eagles to the Republic of Korea."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807083750/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1765 |date=7 August 2011}} ''Boeing,'' 2 June 2011.</ref> ROKAF expects the F-15K to be in service until 2060.<ref>Perrett, Bradley [http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_06_03_2013_p24-583039.xml "South Korea Nears F-X Phase 3 Decision."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927101051/http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=%2Farticle-xml%2FAW_06_03_2013_p24-583039.xml |date=27 September 2013}} ''Aviationweek.com'', 3 June 2013.</ref>

The F-15K has several atypical features to the F-15E, such as an AAS-42 [[Physics:Infra-red search and track|infra-red search and track]] system,<ref name=F-15K>[http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15k-slam-eagle/173-f-15k-differences "F-15K Differences."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703132619/http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/en/export-variants/f-15k-slam-eagle/173-f-15k-differences |date=3 July 2017}} ''F-15E.info.'' Retrieved: 13 July 2011.</ref> a customized Tactical Electronics Warfare Suite to reduce weight and increase jamming effectiveness,<ref name=F-15K/> cockpit compatibility with [[Physics:Night vision device|night vision device]]s, ARC-232 U/VHF radio with Link 16 and advanced APG-63(V)1 mechanical-scanned array radar. The APG-63(V)1 radar has common digital processing equipment with the APG-63(V)3 AESA radar, and can be upgraded to an AESA radar via antenna replacement.<ref name=saudi/> The F-15K is equipped with the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System<ref name=F-15K/> and weapons such as AGM-84K SLAM-ER, AGM-84H Harpoon Block II, and KEPD 350. In December 2022, South Korea approved to upgrade all of its 59 F-15Ks with new components, including AN/APG-82(V)1 AESA radar, AN/ALQ-250 EPAWSS electronic warfare system, and ADCP II mission computer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newdick |first=Thomas |date=2022-12-29 |title=South Korea To Spend Billions Upgrading Its F-15K Slam Eagle Fighters |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/south-korea-to-spend-billions-upgrading-its-f-15k-slam-eagle-fighters |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=The Drive |language=en}}</ref>

====F-15S====
[[File:Royal_Saudi_Air_Force_F-15S_Eagle.jpg|thumb|F-15S of the Royal Saudi Air Force]]

The F-15S is a variant of the F-15E supplied to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) in the 1990s. Saudi Arabia previously sought to buy up to 24 F-15Fs, a proposed single-seat variant, but was blocked by the U.S. Congress.<ref name=Jenkins_p41>Jenkins 1998, p. 41.</ref> The F-15S, initially referred to as F-15XP, is almost identical to the USAF F-15E, the only major difference in the AN/APG-70 radar's performance in synthetic aperture mode.<ref name=davies_2002/><ref name=Jenkins_p41/> 72 were built from 1996 to 1998.<ref name=davies_2002/> In October 2007, GE announced a US$300&nbsp;million contract with Saudi Arabia for 65 GE F110-GE-129C engines for the F-15S.<ref>[http://www.geae.com/aboutgeae/presscenter/military/military_20071003.html "Royal Saudi Air Force Selects General Electric Company to Re-engine F-15S Aircraft."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424021022/http://www.geae.com/aboutgeae/presscenter/military/military_20071003.html |date=24 April 2008}} ''General Electric Aerospace'', 3 October 2007.</ref>

====F-15SG====
[[File:F-15SG_Strike_Eagle_at_Korat_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base.jpg|thumb|left|F-15SG during Exercise Cope Tiger 2013 at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base]]

The F-15SG (formerly F-15T) is a variant ordered by the {{wipe|Republic of Singapore Air Force}} (RSAF) after an evaluation involving five other fighters. It was chosen on 6 September 2005 over the Dassault Rafale, the only other remaining aircraft in contention.<ref>Ionides, Nicholas. [http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2005/09/13/201504/singapore-finally-opts-for-f-15t.html "Singapore finally opts for F-15T."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520125550/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2005/09/13/201504/singapore-finally-opts-for-f-15t.html |date=20 May 2011}} ''Flight International'', 13 September 2005.</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2005/sep/06sep05_news2.html |title=The Defence Procurement Processes |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Singapore) |access-date=3 December 2014 |archive-date=7 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707202303/http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2005/sep/06sep05_news2.html |url-status=live}}</ref> On 22 August 2005, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a potential Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of weapons, logistics and training to Singapore; options included AIM-120C and AIM-9X missiles; GBU-38 JDAM and AGM-154 JSOW air-to-ground weapons, night vision goggles and Link 16 terminals.<ref>[http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2005/Singapore_05-39.pdf "Notification to the US Congress about the Singapore F-15 FMS."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060306122143/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2005/Singapore_05-39.pdf |date=6 March 2006}} ''DSCA''. Retrieved: 27 February 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/singapores-rsaf-decides-to-fly-like-an-eagle-01141/ |title=F-15SG: Singapore's RSAF Decides to Fly Like An Eagle |work=Defense Industry Daily |date=1 October 2014 |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-date=11 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211004202/https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/singapores-rsaf-decides-to-fly-like-an-eagle-01141/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The F-15F designation was also reserved.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/412015-L(addendum).html|title=DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum|website=designation-systems.net|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530145521/http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/412015-L(addendum).html|url-status=live}}</ref> An order for 12 F-15SGs was placed in December 2005.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2005/dec/12dec05_nr.html |title=Singapore Seals Deal to Acquire Twelve F-15SG |date=12 December 2005 |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Singapore) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325154941/http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2005/dec/12dec05_nr.html |archive-date=25 March 2006}}</ref> On 22 October 2007, Singapore exercised an option for eight more F-15SGs within the original contract. Four more were later bought.<ref>[http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2007/oct/22oct07_nr.html "Singapore Exercises Option for Additional F-15SGs."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223125533/http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2007/oct/22oct07_nr.html |date=23 February 2020}} ''Singapore Ministry of Defence,'' 22 October 2007.</ref> The first F-15SG was rolled out on 3 November 2008; deliveries began in 2009;<ref>"Boeing Rolls Out 1st F-15SG to Singapore." ''Boeing'', 3 November 2008.</ref> all 24 were declared operational in September 2013.<ref>[https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/singapores-f-15-fighter-jets-are-operationally-ready-rsaf "Singapore's F-15 fighter jets are operationally ready: RSAF"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221185003/https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/singapores-f-15-fighter-jets-are-operationally-ready-rsaf |date=21 December 2021}} ''AsiaOne'', 18 September 2013.</ref> Further F-15SGs were ordered, including 8 in 2010 and 8 in 2014, for a total of 40 F-15SGs by 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/singapore-probably-has-up-to-40-f-15sgs-402971/|title=Singapore probably has up to 40 F-15SG|date=2014-08-25|access-date=6 November 2017|archive-date=2 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902063633/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/singapore-probably-has-up-to-40-f-15sgs-402971/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defensenews.com/air/2017/07/12/boeing-completes-deliveries-of-f-15sg-jets-to-singapore/ |title=Boeing completes deliveries of F-15SG jets to Singapore |first=Mike |last=Yeo |date=8 August 2017 |work=Defense News |access-date=8 July 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122130149/https://www.defensenews.com/air/2017/07/12/boeing-completes-deliveries-of-f-15sg-jets-to-singapore/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=Trade Registers|website=armstrade.sipri.org|access-date=2 February 2019|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422051706/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

===F-15 Advanced Eagle variants===
The F-15 Advanced Eagle represents a more substantial upgrade over previous models in that it has a new [[Fly-by-wire|fly-by-wire]] control system and wing structure that enables two additional underwing weapons hardpoints (increasing the number from nine to eleven). Additional enhancements include the option of a large area display cockpit, the Raytheon AN/APG-82(V)1 or APG-63(V)3 AESA radar, [[Engineering:General Electric F110#F110-GE-129|General Electric F110-129]] engines, digital Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing Systems for pilot and WSO, and a digital electronic warfare system among other enhancements. In a typical escort configuration, the Advanced Eagle can carry 16 AIM-120 AMRAAM; 4 AIM-9X Sidewinder short-range missiles; and 2 AGM-88 HARMs. For precision strike, it can carry 16 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs; 4 AMRAAMs; one 2,000 lb Joint Direct Attack Munition; 2 HARMs; and 2 fuel drop tanks.<ref name="janes.com">{{cite web |title=Qatar agrees purchase of F-15QA fighters from US |url=http://www.janes.com/article/71443/qatar-agrees-purchase-of-f-15qa-fighters-from-us |author=Gareth Jennings |date=15 June 2017 |publisher=Jane's |access-date=16 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615102902/http://www.janes.com/article/71443/qatar-agrees-purchase-of-f-15qa-fighters-from-us |archive-date=15 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====F-15SA====
[[File:USAF_F-15C%27s_from_the_44th_EFS_fly_in_formation_with_RSAF_F-15SA%27s.jpg|thumb|right|F-15Cs from 44th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron along with RSAF F-15SAs in flight formation]]

The F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) is a version for the RSAF and the first to have the new fly-by-wire flight control system in place of the hybrid electronic/mechanical system used by previous F-15s, which allows for weapons carriage on the previously unused outer wing hardpoints.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-and-usaf-will-have-to-recertificate-entire-f-15sa-flight-envelope-384156/ "Boeing and USAF will have to recertificate entire F-15SA flight envelope."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306161225/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-and-usaf-will-have-to-recertificate-entire-f-15sa-flight-envelope-384156/ |date=6 March 2016}} Flight International, 3 April 2013.</ref> The F-15SA includes the APG-63(V)3 [[Engineering:Active electronically scanned array|AESA]] radar, digital electronic warfare systems (DEWS), and [[Physics:Infrared search and track|infrared search and track]] (IRST) systems. It also had a redesigned cockpit once intended for the F-15SE.<ref name=DSCA_F-15SA_request/><ref name=AW_F-15SA>{{cite web |url= http://aviationweek.com/awin/south-korean-fighter-order-af-backs-f-35 |title= South Korean Fighter Order: AF Backs F-35 |date= 26 August 2013 |first1= Bradley |last1= Perrett |first2= Bill |last2= Sweetman |last3= Amy Butler |work= Aviation Week |id= Space Technology |access-date= 26 March 2018 |archive-date= 27 March 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180327025155/http://aviationweek.com/awin/south-korean-fighter-order-af-backs-f-35 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>Bruno, Michael. [http://aviationweek.com/awin/us-sell-aesa-equipped-f-15s-saudi-arabia "U.S. to Sell AESA-Equipped F-15s to Saudi Arabia."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612105838/http://aviationweek.com/awin/us-sell-aesa-equipped-f-15s-saudi-arabia |date=12 June 2017}} ''Aviation Week'', 20 October 2010.</ref>

====F-15QA====
The F-15QA (Qatar Advanced)<ref name="janes.com"/> Ababil<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-08-27|title=Most advanced version of venerable F-15 fighter jet rolls out|url=https://newatlas.com/military/f-15qa-fighter-jet-boeing-qatar-first-production/|access-date=2021-10-30|website=New Atlas|language=en-US|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030074153/https://newatlas.com/military/f-15qa-fighter-jet-boeing-qatar-first-production/|url-status=live}}</ref> is a variant for the {{wipe|Qatar Emiri Air Force}}. In November 2016, the US State Department approved the sale of up to 72 F-15QAs to Qatar in a $21.1 billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=21100000000|start_year=2016}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) deal that included weapons, support, equipment, and training.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defensenews.com/articles/kuwait-qatar-fighter-jet-deals-move-forward-likely-putting-boeing-fighter-jet-production-into-the-2020s |title=Kuwait, Qatar Deals Move Forward, Likely Putting Boeing Fighter Jet Production into the 2020s |first=Valerie |last=Insinna |date=8 August 2017 |work= Defense News}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/mas/qatar_16-58.pdf |title=Government of Qatar – F-15QA Aircraft with Weapons and Related Support |publisher=Defense Security Cooperation Agency |date=17 November 2016 |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=24 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524173857/http://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/mas/qatar_16-58.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2017, Qatar signed a deal to buy 36 F-15QAs for US$12 billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=12000000000|start_year=2017}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-14/qatar-said-to-sign-deal-for-u-s-f-15s-as-gulf-crisis-continues |title=Qatar Signs $12 Billion Deal for U.S. F-15 Jets Amid Gulf Crisis |publisher=Bloomberg News |date=14 June 2017 |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615100114/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-14/qatar-said-to-sign-deal-for-u-s-f-15s-as-gulf-crisis-continues |url-status=live}}</ref> On 13 April 2020, the first F-15QA took its maiden flight.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2020-04-13-Boeings-F-15-Qatar-Advanced-Jet-Completes-Successful-First-Flight#assets_20295_130661-117 |title=Boeing's F-15 Qatar Advanced Jet Completes Successful First Flight |work=Boeing |date=14 April 2020 |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-date=6 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706163609/https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2020-04-13-Boeings-F-15-Qatar-Advanced-Jet-Completes-Successful-First-Flight#assets_20295_130661-117 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 22 June 2021, Boeing announced that it will integrate an [[Company:Elbit Systems|Elbit Systems]] anti-jamming systems into the F-15QA, allowing it to fly into heavy electromagnetic interference environment uninterrupted.<ref>{{cite web|last=GDC|date=2021-06-21|title=Boeing To Integrate Israeli-made Anti-jamming Systems To Qatari F-15QA|url=https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2021/06/22/boeing-to-integrate-israeli-made-anti-jamming-systems-to-qatari-f-15qa/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Global Defense Corp|language=en-US|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714060738/https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2021/06/22/boeing-to-integrate-israeli-made-anti-jamming-systems-to-qatari-f-15qa/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====F-15IA====
The F-15IA (Israel Advanced) is a variant for the Israeli Air Force based on the F-15EX and Advanced Eagle. The Israeli Defense Forces approved the plan to acquire 25 new-build F-15IA and upgrade 25 F-15Is to the F-15IA standard in February 2020.<ref>Egozi, Arie. [https://breakingdefense.com/2020/02/israel-buys-stealth-lotsa-weapons-2nd-squadron-of-f-35s-f-15s/ "Israel Buys Stealth & Lotsa Weapons: 2nd Squadron Of F-35s & F-15s"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312015226/https://breakingdefense.com/2020/02/israel-buys-stealth-lotsa-weapons-2nd-squadron-of-f-35s-f-15s/ |date=12 March 2020}}. Breakingdefense.com, 18 February 2020.</ref>

===F-15EX Eagle II===
{{main|Engineering:Boeing F-15EX Eagle II}}

In 2018, the USAF and Boeing discussed a proposed single-seat variant of the F-15QA called the F-15X, with improvements such as advanced avionics and electronics, AESA radar, and an increased service life.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing Wants build a new F-15X fighter to the US Air Force |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-wants-to-build-a-new-f-15x-fighter-for-the-us-air-force-2018-7?IR=T |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604014946/https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-wants-to-build-a-new-f-15x-fighter-for-the-us-air-force-2018-7?IR=T |archive-date=4 June 2019 |access-date=5 February 2019 |website=Business insider}}</ref> The USAF opted for the two-seat F-15EX to replace its F-15Cs and maintain fleet size.<ref>{{cite web |last=D'Urso |first=Stefano |date=10 February 2021 |title=Here Are All The Details We Noticed In The Photos Of The New F-15EX During Its First Flight |url=https://theaviationist.com/2021/02/10/here-are-all-the-details-we-noticed-in-the-photos-of-the-new-f-15ex-during-its-first-flight/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116174050/https://theaviationist.com/2021/02/10/here-are-all-the-details-we-noticed-in-the-photos-of-the-new-f-15ex-during-its-first-flight/ |archive-date=16 January 2022 |access-date=16 January 2022 |work=The Aviationist}}</ref> The F-15EX can perform homeland and airbase defense, no-fly zone enforcement, and deploy standoff munitions, but it is not expected to be survivable against modern air defenses by 2028.<ref>{{cite web |author=Tyler Rogoway |date=25 July 2018 |title=Exclusive: Unmasking The F-15X, Boeing's F-15C/D Eagle Replacement Fighter |url=http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22372/exclusive-unmasking-the-f-15x-boeings-f-15c-d-eagle-replacement-fighter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901090754/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22372/exclusive-unmasking-the-f-15x-boeings-f-15c-d-eagle-replacement-fighter |archive-date=1 September 2019 |access-date=29 July 2018 |publisher=The War Zone}}</ref> The U.S. Defense Department ordered eight F-15EXs in July 2020 for $1.2 billion, and the USAF announced plans in August 2020 to replace F-15Cs in the Florida and Oregon Air National Guards with F-15EXs.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 February 2021 |title=Boeing's Chief F-15 Test Pilot Talks Flying the Air Force's New Eagle on Its Maiden Flight |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39145/boeings-chief-f-15-test-pilot-talks-flying-the-air-forces-new-eagle-on-its-maiden-flight?spot_im_redirect_source=share&spot_im_reply_id=sp_JjtET6Vo_article$39145_c_1oHtQU1rYxXvSe2dOtDdqslmkyS_r_1oIQVFJVRFp8dIXNSej85XqEc5C&spot_im_highlight_immediate=true&ow_module=conversation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602220114/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39145/boeings-chief-f-15-test-pilot-talks-flying-the-air-forces-new-eagle-on-its-maiden-flight?spot_im_redirect_source=share&spot_im_reply_id=sp_JjtET6Vo_article$39145_c_1oHtQU1rYxXvSe2dOtDdqslmkyS_r_1oIQVFJVRFp8dIXNSej85XqEc5C&spot_im_highlight_immediate=true&ow_module=conversation |archive-date=2 June 2022 |access-date=7 May 2022 |website=The War Zone}}</ref> The first F-15EX was delivered to the USAF in March 2021 and named Eagle II.<ref>{{cite web |date=2 February 2021 |title=The Air Force's New F-15EX Eagle Just Took to the Sky for the First Time |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39027/the-air-forces-new-f-15ex-eagle-just-took-to-the-air-for-the-first-time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202212658/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39027/the-air-forces-new-f-15ex-eagle-just-took-to-the-air-for-the-first-time |archive-date=2 February 2021 |access-date=2 February 2021 |publisher=The War Zone}}</ref> The FY2021 defense appropriations bill funded F-15EX procurement at $1.23 billion for 12 aircraft, with orders for 144 F-15EXs to-date.<ref>{{Cite web |title=F-15EX First Operational Units Will Not Get Conformal Fuel Tanks |date=20 January 2023 |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/no-conformal-fuel-tanks-for-first-f-15ex-operational-units |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121134658/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/no-conformal-fuel-tanks-for-first-f-15ex-operational-units |archive-date=21 January 2023 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref>

===Proposed variants===
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====F-15H====
The F-15H Strike Eagle (H for Hellas) was a 1990s proposed export version of F-15E for Greece, which was selected by the Greek Ministry of Defence and the {{wipe|Hellenic Air Force}},<ref>[http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-3572-start-15.html "Thirty new F-16 block 52+ aircraft for Greece."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729180932/http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-3572-start-15.html |date=29 July 2013}} F-16.net. Retrieved: 27 February 2012.</ref> but the government chose new F-16s and Mirage 2000-5s instead.<ref>[http://www.aeroworldnet.com/1tw05039.htm "Greece Buys 50 F-16s and 15 Mirage 2000s."] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081024071745/http://www.aeroworldnet.com/1tw05039.htm |date=24 October 2008}} ''AeroWorldNet'', 3 May 1999.</ref>

====F-15G====
A F-15G Wild Weasel was a proposed two-seat version to replace the F-4G Wild Weasel in the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) role. The F-15G was studied in 1986. A proposed modification to F-15Cs for the SEAD role was studied in 1994–95, but F-16Cs were modified to perform this role instead.<ref>Jenkins 1998, p. 71.</ref> 

====F-15SE Silent Eagle====
The F-15SE Silent Eagle was a proposed variant with fifth generation fighter features, such as internal weapons carriage and radar-absorbent material. The Silent Eagle featured conformal weapons bays (CWB) to hold weapons internally instead of conformal fuel tanks, the twin vertical tails are canted outward 15 degrees to reduce radar cross section; the majority of the CWB's area is for weapons storage, a minority is used for fuel storage.<ref name= AV-Week_Stealthy_F-15>Butler, Amy. [https://aviationweek.com/boeing-unveils-new-stealthy-silent-eagle-f-15 "Boeing Unveils New, Stealthy Silent Eagle F-15."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190904/https://aviationweek.com/boeing-unveils-new-stealthy-silent-eagle-f-15 |date=5 July 2022}} ''Aviation Week'', 18 March 2009. Retrieved: 2 January 2013.</ref> The F-15SE was optimized for air-to-air missions, lacking all-aspect stealth features for missions inside areas protected by ground-based anti-aircraft systems.<ref>Trimble, Stephen. [https://www.flightglobal.com/pictures-boeing-unveils-upgraded-f-15-silent-eagle-with-fifth-generation-features/85551.article "Boeing unveils upgraded F-15 Silent Eagle with fifth-generation features."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804010144/https://www.flightglobal.com/pictures-boeing-unveils-upgraded-f-15-silent-eagle-with-fifth-generation-features/85551.article |date=4 August 2022}} ''Flight global'', 17 March 2009.</ref> The first production F-15E, s/n "86-0183", was modified to become a Silent Eagle demonstrator. It first flew in July 2010 with a left-side conformal weapons bay,<ref name= Boe_first_flight>Carder, Phillip and Mary Ann Brett. [http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1304 "Boeing F-15 Silent Eagle Demonstrator Makes 1st Flight."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906075954/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1304 |date=6 September 2011}} Boeing, 9 July 2010. Retrieved: 18 August 2010.</ref> and successfully launched an AMRAAM missile from the CWB in July 2010.<ref>Carder, Phillip and Mary Ann Brett. [http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1328 "Boeing F-15 Silent Eagle Demonstrator Completes 1st Weapon Launch."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007214033/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1328 |date=7 October 2011}} Boeing, 20 July 2010. Retrieved: 18 August 2010.</ref> Potential customers were Saudi Arabia, Israel, Japan, and South Korea;<ref name= AV-Week_Stealthy_F-15/> however the Saudis chose to procure the F-15SA,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-finalises-114-billion-saudi-order-for-f-15s-369304/ |title= US finalises $11.4 billion Saudi order for F-15s |publisher= Flight International |date= 9 March 2012 |access-date= 8 March 2015 |archive-date= 27 January 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160127171024/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-finalises-114-billion-saudi-order-for-f-15s-369304/ |url-status= live}}</ref> while Israel,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Israeli-Purchase-of-Fighter-Jets-Seen-as-Litmus-Test-for-Continued-US-Support-100899349.html |title= Israeli Purchase of Fighter Jets Seen as Litmus Test for Continued US Support |work= VoA news |date= 17 August 2010 |access-date= 8 March 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110630055139/http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Israeli-Purchase-of-Fighter-Jets-Seen-as-Litmus-Test-for-Continued-US-Support-100899349.html |archive-date= 30 June 2011 |url-status= dead}}</ref> Japan,<ref>{{cite news |title=US Lockheed Martin F-35 chosen as Japan fighter jet |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16259895 |publisher=BBC News |date=20 December 2011 |access-date=8 March 2015 |archive-date=7 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907123618/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16259895 |url-status=live}}</ref> and South Korea selected the F-35.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/south-korea-to-obtain-40-f-35as-393402/ |title= South Korea to obtain 40 F-35As |work= Flightglobal |date= 22 November 2013 |access-date= 8 March 2015 |archive-date= 28 November 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131128170329/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/south-korea-to-obtain-40-f-35as-393402/ |url-status= live}}</ref>

====F-15GA====
Boeing offered 90 F-15GA (German Advanced) fighters to Germany as replacements for its [[Engineering:Panavia Tornado#Tornado IDS|Tornado IDSs]] and [[Engineering:Panavia Tornado#Tornado ECR|ECRs]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url= http://amp.timeinc.net/thedrive/the-war-zone/16892/germany-reportedly-favors-typhoon-to-replace-tornado-also-eyeing-f-15-f-a-18 |title= Germany Reportedly Favors Typhoon to Replace Tornado, Also Eyeing F-15, F/A-18 |magazine= Time |access-date= 29 April 2018 |archive-date= 6 March 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200306160737/http://amp.timeinc.net/thedrive/the-war-zone/16892/germany-reportedly-favors-typhoon-to-replace-tornado-also-eyeing-f-15-f-a-18 |url-status= live}}</ref> Luftwaffe chose 35 F-35A Lightning II and 15 Eurofighter Typhoon (ECR EW variant) instead.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/germany-opts-for-f-35-eurofighter-to-fulfil-future-fighter-requirements |title=Germany opts for F-35, Eurofighter to fulfil future fighter requirements |work=Janes |last=Jennings |first=Gareth |date=15 March 2022 |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-date=16 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416101831/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/germany-opts-for-f-35-eurofighter-to-fulfil-future-fighter-requirements |url-status=live}}</ref>

====F-15GSE Global Strike Eagle====
The F-15GSE was a 2006 proposal for a space strike version of the F-15E, for attacking satellites. It is proposed to be an unmanned remotely-piloted variant, carrying a 3-stage-to-orbit solid rocket ASAT missile on its back between the twin-tails.<ref name=RS4-2006-2001>{{Cite journal |url= https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.560.4885&rep=rep1&type=pdf |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200606114922/https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.560.4885&rep=rep1&type=pdf |archive-date= 6 June 2020 |publication-date= 2006 |work= 4th Responsive Space Conference |id= RS4-2006-2001 |title= Responsive Air Launch Using F-15 Global Strike Eagle |publisher= The Boeing Company |author1= Timothy T. Chen |author2= Preston W. Ferguson |author3= David A. Deamer |author4= John Hensley|citeseerx= 10.1.1.560.4885 }}</ref>

==Operators==
[[File:Eagle operators.png|thumb|upright=1.5|Current operators of the [[Engineering:McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|F-15C]] in light blue, F-15E Strike Eagle in red, both in dark blue]]
[[File:F15K Landing.jpg|thumb|A F-15K of the South Korean Air Force]]
[[File:RSAF Boeing F-15SG Strike Eagle DRW Butler.jpg|thumb|A F-15SG of the Singapore Air Force]]

;{{ISR}}
* {{wipe|Israeli Air Force}} – 25 F-15I aircraft in use as of January 2014<ref name=2014_Aerospace>"World Military Aircraft Inventory". ''2014 Aerospace''. Aviation Week and Space Technology, January 2014.</ref>
**69 Squadron – Hatzerim AFB
;{{ROK}}
* {{wipe|Republic of Korea Air Force}} – 59 F-15Ks in service in 2019. Sequentially, 40 and 21 units were delivered, of which two units crashed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/f-15k-slam-eagle/|title=F-15K Slam Eagle|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206124416/https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/f-15k-slam-eagle/|url-status=live}}</ref>
**11th Fighter Wing (제11전투비행단), based at Daegu
*** 102nd Fighter Squadron
*** 122nd Fighter Squadron
*** 110th Fighter Squadron
;{{flag|Qatar}}
* {{wipe|Qatar Emiri Air Force}} - 36 F-15QAs on order<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-14/qatar-said-to-sign-deal-for-u-s-f-15s-as-gulf-crisis-continues|title=Qatar Signs $12 Billion Deal for U.S. F-15 Jets Amid Gulf Crisis|date=14 June 2017|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|access-date=1 August 2017|archive-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416185904/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-14/qatar-said-to-sign-deal-for-u-s-f-15s-as-gulf-crisis-continues|url-status=live}}</ref>
**Flying Wing 5 – Al Udeid Air Base<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scramble.nl/planning/orbats/qatar/qatar-emiri-air-force |title=Qatar Emiri Air Force |website=Scramble.nl |access-date=21 March 2022 |archive-date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201133122/https://www.scramble.nl/planning/orbats/qatar/qatar-emiri-air-force |url-status=live}}</ref>
***51st Squadron
;{{SAU}}
* {{wipe|Royal Saudi Air Force}} – 70 F-15S Eagles in service as of January 2014<ref name=2014_Aerospace/> with 84 F-15SAs on order.<ref name=AIN_First_F-15SA/>
**No. 3 Wing RSAF – King Abdulaziz Air Base
***No. 92 Squadron RSAF
**No. 5 Wing RSAF – King Khalid Air Base
***No. 6 Squadron RSAF
***No. 55 Squadron RSAF
;{{SIN}}
*{{wipe|Republic of Singapore Air Force}} – 40 F-15SGs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/singapore-probably-has-up-to-40-f-15sgs-402971/|title=Singapore probably has up to 40 F-15SGs|date=25 August 2014|access-date=6 November 2017|archive-date=2 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902063633/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/singapore-probably-has-up-to-40-f-15sgs-402971/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2014/08/25/singapore-quietly-expanding-fighter-force|title=Singapore Quietly Expanding Fighter Force|work=USNI News|date=25 August 2014|access-date=6 November 2017|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728143358/https://news.usni.org/2014/08/25/singapore-quietly-expanding-fighter-force|url-status=live}}</ref>
**142 Squadron "Gryphon"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/news-and-events/latest-releases/article-detail/2016/march/2016mar30-media-queries-00016/!ut/p/z1/tVLLdpswEP2WLljKGh42uDua9sTNMXaaOonRpkfAAGpAsoVi0r_v2M4udXq6qFaa19Wde8UF33Kh5UE10imjZUdxLmY_4vXnqwVEwWo93fiQPmw2y-mn1df7eMYfuOCi1G7nWp73SldYs9Joh9p50JoePdA4DkzqiuGBsoMHnXQ4OGaxQzkgJQLwZx700pbtOaBrCKzHSkm2f0arcGAAVDi-titVxfMgkaHvlyULZVGzSMYFk1VZMIyDBEI_qGCO_PFv9AWV4cJJgebFqWX9Lbr2IwiW6-xuSgjzebKB2wCu49eGdzBy4hBf5hDzx4PCkd9rY3tS_Ps_rrgAfnOi8M6W5GJgs6usIWTpWqZ0bfj2KDTfnlQ_B5dVJwD1c78XKXl9NPfF0eD_N5sWazpTnP9hqoswoQ0s1mjRTp4tpVvndsNHDzwYx3HSGNN0OClNPxkaD_401ZqBuL9p5ru-T8Jf7KnOvoSRyG-XdeamefrhN_bjeeQ!/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?urile=wcm%3Apath%3A%2Fmindef-content%2Fhome%2Fnews-and-events%2Flatest-releases%2F2016%2Fmarch%2F2016mar30-Media-Queries-00016 |title=Reply to Media Queries on RSAF's 142 Squadron |publisher=Mindef.gov.sg |date= |accessdate=2022-06-10 |archive-date=10 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610073224/https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/news-and-events/latest-releases/article-detail/2016/march/2016mar30-media-queries-00016/!ut/p/z1/tVLLdpswEP2WLljKGh42uDua9sTNMXaaOonRpkfAAGpAsoVi0r_v2M4udXq6qFaa19Wde8UF33Kh5UE10imjZUdxLmY_4vXnqwVEwWo93fiQPmw2y-mn1df7eMYfuOCi1G7nWp73SldYs9Joh9p50JoePdA4DkzqiuGBsoMHnXQ4OGaxQzkgJQLwZx700pbtOaBrCKzHSkm2f0arcGAAVDi-titVxfMgkaHvlyULZVGzSMYFk1VZMIyDBEI_qGCO_PFv9AWV4cJJgebFqWX9Lbr2IwiW6-xuSgjzebKB2wCu49eGdzBy4hBf5hDzx4PCkd9rY3tS_Ps_rrgAfnOi8M6W5GJgs6usIWTpWqZ0bfj2KDTfnlQ_B5dVJwD1c78XKXl9NPfF0eD_N5sWazpTnP9hqoswoQ0s1mjRTp4tpVvndsNHDzwYx3HSGNN0OClNPxkaD_401ZqBuL9p5ru-T8Jf7KnOvoSRyG-XdeamefrhN_bjeeQ!/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?urile=wcm%3Apath%3A%2Fmindef-content%2Fhome%2Fnews-and-events%2Flatest-releases%2F2016%2Fmarch%2F2016mar30-Media-Queries-00016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
**149 Squadron "Fighting Shikra"<ref>[http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2010/apr/05apr10_nr.html "Inauguration of the RSAF's First Local F-15SG Squadron."] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120805120439/http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/2010/apr/05apr10_nr.html |date=5 August 2012}} ''MINDEF press release,'' 5 April 2010. Retrieved: 20 April 2010.</ref>
**366th Fighter Wing - {{wipe|Mountain Home Air Force Base}}, Idaho
***428th Fighter Squadron
;{{USA}}
* {{wipe|United States Air Force}} – 219 F-15Es in operation as of April 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104499/f-15e-strike-eagle/|title=F-15E Strike Eagle|website=U.S. Air Force|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-03|archive-date=26 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026174410/https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104499/f-15e-strike-eagle/|url-status=live}}</ref>
**4th Fighter Wing – Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina
***333d Fighter Squadron
***334th Fighter Squadron
***335th Fighter Squadron
***336th Fighter Squadron
**48th Fighter Wing - RAF Lakenheath, {{wipe|United Kingdom}}
***492d Fighter Squadron
***494th Fighter Squadron
**53d Wing - {{wipe|Eglin Air Force Base}}, Florida
***85th Test and Evaluation Squadron
***422d Test and Evaluation Squadron ({{wipe|Nellis Air Force Base}}, Nevada)
**57th Wing - Nellis AFB, Nevada
***17th Weapons Squadron
**96th Test Wing - Eglin AFB, Florida
***40th Test Squadron
**366th Fighter Wing - {{wipe|Mountain Home Air Force Base}}, Idaho
***389th Fighter Squadron
***391st Fighter Squadron
**414th Fighter Group - Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC
***307th Fighter Squadron

==Accidents and losses==

==Specifications (F-15E)==
[[File:F-15E undergoing maintenance showing gatling gun.jpg|thumb|An F-15E undergoing maintenance showing the M61 Vulcan Gatling gun with its cover removed.]]
[[File:F-15E gbu-28 release.jpg|thumb|An F-15E releasing a GBU-28 "Bunker Buster" during a test]]
[[File:SAS 2010 F-15E LANTIRN.JPG|thumb|LANTIRN pods mounted underneath the engine intakes of an F-15E Strike Eagle, the ''AN/AAQ-13 navigation pod'' to the left with the ''AN/AAQ-14 targeting pod'' to the right]]

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|eng1 lbf-ab=23770
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|max speed kts=1434
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|combat range nmi=687
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|ferry range nmi=2100
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|ceiling ft=60000
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|g limits=<big>+</big>9
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|climb rate ftmin=50000
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|guns=1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan 6-barreled Gatling cannon, 500 rounds of either M-56 or PGU-28 ammunition
|hardpoints= 4 wing pylons, fuselage pylons, bomb racks on CFTs
|hardpoint capacity= {{convert|23000|lb|kg|abbr=on|sigfig=3}} of external fuel and ordnance
|missiles=<br />
**[[Engineering:Air-to-air missile|Air-to-air missile]]s:
***4× AIM-7 Sparrow
***4× [[Engineering:AIM-9 Sidewinder|AIM-9 Sidewinder]]
***8× AIM-120 AMRAAM
*** AIM-260 JATM (To be integrated) 
**[[Engineering:Air-to-surface missile|Air-to-surface missile]]s:
***6× AGM-65 Maverick
***2× AGM-84 Harpoon
***2× AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER
***AGM-130
***AGM-154 JSOW
***AGM-158 JASSM
***[[Engineering:Joint Strike Missile|Joint Strike Missile]] (To be integrated) 
***Taurus KEPD 350 (Integrated on South Korean Air Force F-15Ks)
|bombs=<br />
**Mark 82 bomb
**Mark 84 bomb
**GBU-15
**GBU-10 Paveway II
**GBU-12 Paveway II
**GBU-24 Paveway III
**GBU-27 Paveway III
**GBU-28 (Bunker buster)
**GBU-31 or GBU-38 {8 GBU-31s or 16 GBU-38s} (JDAM)
**GBU-54 Laser JDAM (LJDAM)
**GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
**B61 or B83 nuclear bomb
**CBU-87 or CBU-103 (CEM)
**CBU-89 or CBU-104 (GATOR)
**KGGB (Integrated on South Korean Air Force F-15Ks)
**CBU-97 or CBU-105 (SFW)
**CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon
**BLU-107 Durandal
*'''Others:'''
**up to 3× {{convert|600|gal|L|lk=on}} external [[Engineering:Drop tank|drop tank]]s for ferry flight ''or'' extended range/loitering time
**1× {{convert|1800|L|gal|lk=on}} Super cruise drop tank.

|avionics=
*'''Radar''':
**[[Company:Raytheon|Raytheon]] AN/APG-70 or AN/APG-82
**AN/ASQ-236 Radar Pod<ref>{{cite web |publisher= USAF |type= fact sheet |url= https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104604/anasq-236-radar-pod/ |title= AN/ASQ-236 Radar Pod |access-date= 11 July 2019 |archive-date= 11 July 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190711122429/https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104604/anasq-236-radar-pod/ |url-status= live}}</ref>
*'''Targeting pods''':
**LANTIRN ''or'' Lockheed Martin Sniper XR ''or'' AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening 
*'''Countermeasures:'''
**Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures pod<ref name="ALQ">Parsch, Andreas. [http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/jetds/an-alq2aly.html#_ALQ "AN/ALQ – Airborne Countermeasures Multipurpose/Special Equipment."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606164150/http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/jetds/an-alq2aly.html#_ALQ |date=6 June 2011}} ''Designation systems,'' 9 October 2007. Retrieved: 27 September 2010.</ref>
**[[Company:Hazeltine Corporation|Hazeltine]] AN/APX-76 ''or'' Raytheon AN/APX-119 [[Identification friend or foe|Identify Friend/Foe (IFF) interrogator]]<ref name="APX">Parsch, Andreas. [http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/jetds/an-apt2apy.html#_APX "AN/APX – Airborne Identification Radars."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625054231/http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/jetds/an-apt2apy.html#_APX |date=25 June 2017}} ''Designation systems,'' 9 October 2007. Retrieved: 27 September 2010.</ref>
**[[Company:Magnavox|Magnavox]] AN/ALQ-128 Electronic Warfare Warning Set (EWWS) – part of Tactical Electronic Warfare Systems (TEWS)<ref name="ALQ"/>
**Loral AN/ALR-56 [[Engineering:Radar warning receiver|Radar warning receiver]]s (RWR) – part of TEWS<ref name="ALR">Parsch, Andreas. [http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/jetds/an-alq2aly.html#_ALR "AN/ALR – Airborne Countermeasures Receivers."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606164150/http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/jetds/an-alq2aly.html#_ALR |date=6 June 2011}} ''Designation systems,'' 20 November 2008. Retrieved: 27 September 2010.</ref>
**Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems ALQ-135 Internal Countermeasures System (ICS) – part of TEWS<ref name="ALQ"/>
**Marconi AN/ALE-45 [[Engineering:Chaff (countermeasure)|Chaff]]/Flares dispenser system – part of TEWS<ref name="ALE">Parsch, Andreas. [http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/jetds/an-ala2aln.html#_ALE AN/ALE – Airborne Countermeasures Ejectors."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713170538/http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/jetds/an-ala2aln.html#_ALE |date=13 July 2017}} ''Designation systems,'' 20 November 2008. Retrieved: 27 September 2010.</ref>
**BAE Systems AN/ALQ-250 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) - combined [[Social:Electronic warfare|electronic warfare]]/electronic countermeasures system<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baesystems.com/en/product/eagle-passive-active-warning-survivability-system-epawss |title=Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) |publisher=BAE Systems |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
{{aircontent
|see also=<!-- other related articles that have not already linked: -->
* 4th generation jet fighter
|related=<!-- designs which were developed into or from this aircraft: -->
* [[Engineering:McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle]]
* [[Engineering:Boeing F-15EX Eagle II|Boeing F-15EX Eagle II]] 
|similar aircraft=<!-- aircraft that are of similar Role, Era, and Capability this design: -->
* [[Engineering:Panavia Tornado|Panavia Tornado]]
* [[Engineering:Sukhoi Su-30|Sukhoi Su-30]]
* [[Engineering:Sukhoi Su-34|Sukhoi Su-34]]
* [[Engineering:Sukhoi Su-35|Sukhoi Su-35]]
* [[Engineering:Shenyang J-11|Shenyang J-11]]
* [[Engineering:Shenyang J-16|Shenyang J-16]]
|lists=<!-- relevant lists that this aircraft appears in: -->
* [[Engineering:List of fighter aircraft|List of fighter aircraft]]
* List of military aircraft of the United States
}}

==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist|group=N}}

===Citations===
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* Davies, Steve. ''Combat Legend, F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle''. London: Airlife Publishing, 2002. {{ISBN|1-84037-377-6}}.
* Davies, Steve. ''Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle, All-Weather Attack Aircraft''. London: Airlife Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|1-84037-378-4}}.
* Davies, Steve. ''F-15C/E Eagle Units of operation Iraqi Freedom (Osprey Combat Aircraft #47)''. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 2004. {{ISBN|978-1-84176-802-1}}.
* Davies, Steve. ''F-15E Strike Eagle Units in Combat 1990–2005''. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 2005. {{ISBN|1-84176-909-6}}.
* Davies, Steve and Doug Dildy. ''F-15 Eagle Engaged: The World's Most Successful Jet Fighter''. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2007. {{ISBN|1-84603-169-9}}.
* {{Cite book|title=World Airpower Journal|last=Donald|first=David|publisher=AIRtime Publishing, 1995|volume=21|chapter=F-15E Strike Eagle|title-link=World Airpower Journal}}
* Jenkins, Dennis R. ''McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Supreme Heavy-Weight Fighter''. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 1998. {{ISBN|1-85780-081-8}}.
* Rininger, Tyson. ''F-15 Eagle at War''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Zenith Imprint, 2009. {{ISBN|0-7603-3350-5}}.
* Spick, Mike, ed. ''The Great Book of Modern Warplanes''. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI, 2000. {{ISBN|0-7603-0893-4}}.
{{Refend}}

==External links==
{{external media
 |topic= Boeing's Official YouTube channel {{in lang|en}}
}}
* [https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104499/f-15e-strike-eagle/ F-15E USAF fact sheet]
* [http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/f15/index.htm F-15 page], and [https://www.boeing.com/defense/f-15ex/ F-15EX Super Eagle page on Boeing.com], [http://www.boeing.co.il/resources/he_IL/Products-and-Services/Defense-Space-and-Security/f-15i-advanced/F-15IA_Folding-Poster.pdf Boeing F-15IA (Israeli Advanced) poster]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050213132132/http://f-15e.info/ F-15E.info, Strike Eagle site]

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