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BEST OF THE BEST F-15K strike fighter boasts illustrious family history
The F-15K strike fighter is the latest variant of the combat-proven F-15E. Equipped with the latest technological upgrades, it is more lethal, survivable, and maintainable than its predecessor. The F-15K is also the only US-produced fighter capable of long-range precision strike missions without escort, day or night, in any weather.
Each F-15K will carry a two-person crew. The division of duties between pilot and weapon system officer allows each to remain focused on their individual tasks without becoming overwhelmed and encountering dangerous mental and physical fatigue. Traditionally, aircraft with two-person crews have performed better than those with single-person crews.
The F-15K, like all F-15s, will be one of the world’s most survivable aircraft. The combat-proven F-15 boasts an exceptional safety record, thanks to its advanced avionics systems, robust airframe, speed and maneuverability.
The F-15 family has a combat record of 101 victories and zero losses, and the F-15E predecessor flew thousands of combat missions during Operation Desert Storm and in the Balkans.
Knowledge and Experience
The F-15E, the foundation of the F-15K offered to the Republic of Korea, is the world’s leading long-range, multi-role fighter. It’s equally adept at air-to-air combat and air-to-ground strikes, in virtually any weather, day or night. With advanced radar and avionics, and technologies such as a helmet-mounted cueing system in its cockpit, the F-15K will be even better.
The country can tap into the knowledge and experience of F-15 crews and maintainers who have used the aircraft for many years, people who really know what the airplane can do. Only the F-15 offers such a reliable, global maintenance and support network that has proven itself to militaries around the world.
The F-15 is the only combat-proven aircraft the Republic is considering. During action in the Balkans and the Arabian Gulf it showed its superior ability to perform missions required of the FX.
The US Air Force and Boeing have a plan to sustain the F-15 at least through 2030. Korea will have access to new technology and system improvements developed for the US Air Force, keeping its F-15Ks relevant for decades to come.
Lethal Mix of Weapons
The F-15 has greater range, payload and speed capabilities than its FX competitors. It will get to a fight, strike with a lethal mix of weapons, and return more effectively than the other FX aircraft.
Boeing has built more than 1,500 of all its F-15 models, while fewer than 20 of the other aircraft offered to the Korea have been built.
The F-15K will have some of the world’s most advanced avionics, self-protection and cockpit systems, with the capacity to easily add future systems. It has the first-look, first-shoot and first-kill capability that the F-15 is famous for, which means it can detect and destroy any target, in any weather, day or night, and return safely.
The F-15K’s new advanced display core processor (ADCP), is the heart of an updated avionics suite that significantly improves processing capability and provides growth potential for years to come.
The new central processor provides decreased life-cycle costs, increased reliability and 10 times more processing capability than is available in the F-15E aircraft. It utilises commercial systems architecture and a commercial operating system for improved affordability and supportability. The US Air Force will retrofit its F-15Es with the ADCP.
Newest Combat Radar
The F-15K will use the newest combat radar, the Raytheon AN/APG-63(v)1, which provides substantially better reliability and maintainability than its predecessor, the APG-70. The AN/APG-63(v)1 incorporates all the APG-70’s air-to-air and air-to-ground modes while adding new capabilities for ground moving target track, sea surface search/track, and enhanced high-resolution ground mapping.
Upgrades to that radar could include an active electronically scanned array, or AESA, system to reduce pilot workload and enhance radar performance. An AESA is faster, smaller, lighter and more reliable than a traditional mechanically scanned radar antenna. The F-15 was the first operational fighter in the world to carry AESA.
The F-15K’s electronic-warfare suite will include the Lockheed Martin ALR-56C(v)1 radar-warning receiver (RWR). That RWR will be significantly more responsive to threats and more reliable and maintainable than earlier systems.
The Link-16 fighter data link will allow the F-15K to share target data with other aircraft, vastly increasing situational awareness while supporting coordinated air-to-air operations. With Link-16, command and control information is distributed to every aircraft, reducing the need for radio operation and, therefore, the potential for detection by, and interference from, an enemy.
The F-15K features advanced third-generation targeting and navigation Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR), infrared search and track (IRST), and terrain-following systems for maximum flexibility in target attack. It also has hands-on throttle and stick (HOTAS) controllers that allow pilots to operate weapons, radar, avionics and other functions, without removing his or her hands from the controls.
In the two-person F-15K cockpit there will be seven color, independent, programmable, liquid crystal displays, each of which can simultaneously show many modes of information.
The lightweight Joint helmet-mounted cuing system (JHMCS) allows its user to aim weapons, radar and sensors by looking at a target and pressing a switch, making it unnecessary to maneuver the aircraft into line with the target. With JHMCS, targeting information and data, such as airspeed and altitude, are projected onto the pilot’s visor so they are in view at all times. JHMCS allows the user to remain completely focused on what’s happening around the aircraft.
The United States has tested JHMCS on the F-15 and initially plans to deploy the system on F-15, F/A-18 and F-22 aircraft. Boeing is the system’s lead developer. The F-15K’s advanced avionics and cockpit systems provide maximum situational awareness and survivability. The crew will find its targets first, attack swiftly and precisely under virtually any conditions, and return safely to base with mission accomplished.
Combat Survival
Combat aircraft survivability is largely determined by two factors: how well an aircraft avoids being hit and how well it can withstand a hit. The F-15 avoids and withstands hits with success unsurpassed by any aircraft that carries weapons or fuel tanks under its wings or fuselage.
The F-15K’s integrated avionics and electronics systems provide exceptional situational awareness, giving its crew a better view of the battlespace than its enemy has. Its radar sweeps the air and ground for targets at long distances, allowing the crew to detect and attack with long-range weapons before the enemy knows what is happening. Advances in radar and weapon technology will further enhance these advantages.
The terrain-following system that allows the aircraft to fly at very low altitudes, its automated electronic jamming system integrated with a radar-warning receiver, and its smoke-free engines thwart enemy attempts to locate the aircraft.
The engines, which can propel the F-15 to speeds exceeding twice the speed of sound, and an airframe capable of nine g maneuvers, allow the F-15 to routinely outmaneuver enemies.
The aircraft has a triple-redundant hydraulic system and redundant electrical generation system that prevent a single failure from ending a mission. Fuel dispersal throughout the wings, with none above the engines, a foam fire-suppression system, and self-sealing fuel lines significantly reduce the vulnerability of the aircraft’s fuel system. In addition, much of the aircraft is made of fire-resistant titanium.
F-15s have one of the best safety records in US Air Force history. On those few occasions when an incident occurred, F-15s have safely landed after being hit by lightning, after withstanding a fuel-tank explosion, with destroyed tail sections and with half a wing missing.
Reference/Photo credit: www.boeing.com / www.airforcetechnology.com
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