F-15 Eagle > Related Articles

From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

See also pages that link to F-15 Eagle or to this page.

---

Contents 1 Parent topics 2 Subtopics 3 Other related topics 4 Bot-suggested topics

Parent topics

Subtopics

Other related topics

Bot-suggested topics

Auto-populated based on Special:WhatLinksHere/F-15 Eagle. Needs checking by a human.

• AC-130 [r]: Heavily armed transport aircraft, based on the C-130 Hercules, used to provide air support to special operations forces. [e]
• AGM-65 Maverick [r]: Short-range air-to-surface missile with multiple guidance and warhead options, certified for 25 past and present aircraft [e]
• AIM-120 AMRAAM [r]: A high-performance. beyond-visual-range, air-to-air missile with inertial midcourse guidance and active radar terminal guidane, developed by the U.S. and used on the aircraft of a number of countries, as well as in surface-to-air missile variants [e]
• AIM-9 Sidewinder [r]: The first operational heat-seeking air-to-air missile, this weapon, with five generations of improvements, has been in service for over fifty years. [e]
• ALE-47 [r]: An intelligent countermeasures dispenser for military aircraft, which can receive commands directly from warning receivers, and dispense expendable radar and infrared decoys, as well as manage a retrievable decoy towed via an fiber optic cable [e]
• ALQ-184 [r]: A 1990s-vintage multiband radar jammer, in current use, that can use the AN/ALE-50 towed decoy, used by the U.S. and Taiwan [e]
• ALR-56 [r]: A radar warning receiver, part of the electronic warfare suite for most F-15 series fighter aircraft [e]
• AN- [r]: U.S. military nomenclature for electronic equipment, following the Joint Electronics Type Designation System [e]
• APG-63 [r]: A radar system for F-15 Eagle and, in its fourth version, F-15E Strike Eagle fighters [e]
• APG-70 [r]: An evolutionary branch, which added ground mapping as well as air-to-air tracking & fire control, of the AN/APG-63 radar of the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter. It was introduced for the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter-bomber variant, and its function will reconverge into the AN/APG-63 series as V(4). [e]
• APG-73 [r]: A mechanically-scanned radar midlife upgrade for the capable F-18 Hornet, which has been superceded by two phased-array radar generations on the F-18 Super Hornet. [e]
• APG-79 [r]: active electronically scanned array radar for the F-18 Super Hornet and EF-18 Growler [e]
• APG-80 [r]: An alternative upgrade path for F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft radar, using active electronically scanned array technology rather than the incremental upgrade of the AN/APG-68 [e]
• APG-81 [r]: active electronically scanned array radar for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter series [e]
• APQ-181 [r]: Emphasing low probability of intercept, the active radar on the stealthy, radar-evading B-2 Spirit bomber [e]
• Air Combat Command [r]: The United States Air Force headquarters responsibility for preparing and training resources for the operational Unified Combatant Commands, as well as doctrinal development [e]
• Air refueling [r]: Transferring fuel from one aircraft to another while both are in flight. [e]
• Air superiority [r]: The condition in war in which one side dominates the other side to the extent that it is implausible that the inferior side can put up any effective air missions. [e]
• Ballistic missile defense [r]: A combination of sensors, command and control systems, and missile/warhead kill mechanisms that protect a region, or, in the case of the U.S., theaters of operations as well as the nation proper. [e]
• Centers of gravity (military) [r]: A centre of military force or power. [e]
• E-3 Sentry [r]: Airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, equipped with a large radar and a battle staff, which can detect aircraft and control combat. [e]
• F-15 series fighter aircraft [r]: A series of fourth-generation air-to-air and all-weather fighter-bomber aircraft developed by the U.S. Air Force as the high end of a "high-low" mix with the F-16 Fighting Falcon; used by several friendly countries and has the best air-to-air combat record of any operational fighter [e]
• F-15E Strike Eagle [r]: A variant of the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, which is optimized for all-weather attack on ground targets [e]
• F-16 Fighting Falcon [r]: A relatively lightweight land-based multirole fighter, developed by the United States Air Force; co-produced with Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal; operated by many nations and to be replaced by the F-35A Lightning II. The F-16CJ model is optimized for SEAD. [e]
• F-18 Super Hornet [r]: A new generation of carrier-based fighter beyond the F-18 Hornet, this evolution provides an architecture with even greater expansion, especially with the AN/APG-79 AESA radar, more powerful computers and communications, and a new engine with longer range. [e]
• F-22 Raptor [r]: A "fifth generation" fighter, with stealth, supercruise, extreme maneuverability, and an extremely high price tag that caused its production to be stopped in favor of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter [e]
• F-35 Joint Strike Fighter [r]: A family of 5th generation multirole fighter, being developed in versions to operate from conventional airfields, in short takeoff and vertical landing for small carrier and forward-based land operations, and in carrier-capable conventional takeoff and landing. [e]
• Fighter aircraft [r]: Airplanes that have a principal mission of destroying other airplanes in flight, often with a secondary capability to attack ground targets [e]
• Forward Area Air Defense [r]: A U.S. military command and control system for managing air defense, which includes both artillery/air deconfliction and counter-rocket, artillery and mortar missions, near the main battle line, typically under brigade control [e]
• Gulf War [r]: The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. [e]
• Israeli Defense Forces [r]: The combined ground, air, and naval armed forces of the state of Israel [e]
• John Warden III [r]: A retired United States Air Force colonel, who, as a planner, developed many of the basic ideas for the air campaign in the 1991 Gulf War. In retirement, he writes, speaks, and consults on strategy. [e]
• Joint Direct Action Munition [r]: An add-on guidance kit that converts a standard "dumb bomb" into a precision-guided munition [e]
• Joint Tactical Information Distribution System [r]: The primary communications system used for sharing tactical information internally, and among NATO, Australia, and other U.S. allies [e]
• LITENING [r]: Electro-optical target acquisition and tracking pods, which mount aircraft wing pylons. [e]
• MiG-29 (fighter) [r]: A Russian multirole fighter, designated FULCRUM by NATO, roughly comparable to the F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-18 Hornet; K version is carrier-capable [e]
• Military [r]: The standing armed forces of a country, that are directed by the national government and are tasked with that nation's defense. [e]
• Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (missile) [r]: An air-launched anti-ballistic missile intended for boost-phase intercept, built on largely existing components from the AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and AN/APG-63 radar [e]
• Ninth Air Force [r]: The air component command of United States Central Command, as well as an intermediate headquarters for a number of U.S.-based units of Air Combat Command. [e]
• North American Air Defense Command [r]: The joint Canada-U.S. military organization responsible for aerospace threat warning and defense for North America [e]
• Novator R-172 (missile) [r]: An extremely long-range Russian air-to-air missile, licensed to India, apparently optimized for attacking high-value assets such as Airborne Warning and Control System, air refueling and cruise missile carrier aircraft [e]
• Operation DESERT SHIELD [r]: That part of the Gulf War following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, beginning with the acceptance of Coalition support by Saudi Arabia, and ending with the start of the air campaign, Operation DESERT STORM. [e]
• Radar [r]: A contraction of radio direction and ranging, used for detecting and tracking targets, navigation, imagery, and special applications. [e]
• Su-27 (fighter) [r]: A Soviet/Russian air superiority fighter comparable to the U.S. F-15 Eagle, with many variants as well as export and co-production versions; K version is carrier-capable; Su-30 and Su-34 are derivatives [e]
• Twelfth Air Force [r]: United States Air Force intermediate command responsible for Air Combat Command fighter and bomber aircraft in the western United States, and is also the Air Component for the Unified Combatant Command, United States Southern Command [e]
• United States Air Force [r]: One of the uniformed services of the United States, with principal responsibility for land-based long-range and high-performance aircraft, as well as land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles [e]
• Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii [r]: The Russian Air Force, now a single organization as opposed to the multiple flying and missile services of the Soviet era [e]