McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle Air-Superiority Fighter Family
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine fighter family developed from the United States Air Force's post-Vietnam air-superiority requirement. The F-15A/B and later C/D, E Strike Eagle, international, and advanced F-15EX variants share a core design whose combination of speed, climb, range, and maneuverability made the Eagle one of the defining combat-aircraft families of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
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Identity
- Aliases
- F-15 EagleF-15AF-15BF-15CF-15DF-15E Strike EagleF-15JF-15KF-15EXYF-15A
- Family Name
- McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
- Full Name
- McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle Air-Superiority Fighter Family
- Roles
- militarytrainer
- Status
- active
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine fighter family developed from the United States Air Force's post-Vietnam air-superiority requirement. The F-15A/B and later C/D, E Strike Eagle, international, and advanced F-15EX variants share a core design whose combination of speed, climb, range, and maneuverability made the Eagle one of the defining combat-aircraft families of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
- First Flight Year
- 1,972
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 2
- Placement
- fuselage
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Variant Notes
- Two exact Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 afterburning turbofans for the first F-15 prototype and early F-15A/B production boundary; the live source does not state a separate installation stage.
- Name
- F-15A/B and early Eagle F100-PW-100 installation
- Notes
- Pratt & Whitney and U.S. Air Force sources identify the F100-PW-100 as the initial engine for the F-15 and the early F-15A/B boundary; this configuration does not apply to later F-15E, F-15EX, or -220/-229 configurations.
- Entries
- Count
- 2
- Placement
- fuselage
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- airframe
- Variant Notes
- The U.S. Air Force identifies the F-15E Strike Eagle as powered by two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 or -229 afterburning turbofans; the -PW-229 branch is the 29,000-lb-class exact variant.
- Name
- F-15E Strike Eagle F100-PW-229 installation
- Entries
- Count
- 2
- Placement
- fuselage
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- airframe
- Variant Notes
- GE Aerospace reports that two F110-GE-129 engines powered the first Boeing F-15EX flight and that the -129 is the only engine tested, integrated, and certified for the fly-by-wire F-15EX.
- Name
- F-15EX Eagle II F110-GE-129 installation
- Entries
- Count
- 2
- Placement
- fuselage
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- airframe
- Variant Notes
- The U.S. Air Force identifies the F-15E Strike Eagle as powered by two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 or -229 afterburning turbofans; this configuration preserves the distinct 25,000-lb-per-engine -PW-220 branch.
- Name
- F-15E Strike Eagle F100-PW-220 installation
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 10:35:48 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 25, 2026 at 00:23:55 UTC