Boeing F-15EX Eagle II

what is it?

The Boeing F-15EX Eagle II is an American multirole fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle. The aircraft resulted from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) studies in 2018 to recapitalize the United States Air Force's (USAF) tactical aviation fleet that was aging due to curtailed modernization, particularly the truncated F-22 production, from post-Cold War budget cuts. The F-15EX is a variant of the F-15 Advanced Eagle, a further development of the F-15E design initially intended for export.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 13.1 m wingspan

base stats

• size 36.7 tmax take-off weight
• built 120made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 13 years ago, in 2013.
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🏔️Can fly 2.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

2013

introduced

2024

status

still flying

number built

120

role

multirole fighter

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Boeing, General Electric

engines

2× General Electric F110-GE-129

crew

1

length

19.4 m

wingspan

13.1 m

height

5.7 m

max take-off weight

36.7 t

top speed

—

range

—

ceiling

18,288 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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