RSAF gets its first F-15SA

[Kompromat]

Lo and behold this beauty.

 

[TeesraIndiotHunter]

@Aeronaut and others

Can you tell what weapons-package Saudi F-15s carry? Are Saudi F-15s BVR capable with HOBS capability etc?

What BVR weapons are on stationed with Eurofighters?

 

[Indischer]

A very capable and relevant aircraft for the region. How many are they eventually getting?

 

[Kompromat]

@Aeronaut and others

Can you tell what weapons-package Saudi F-15s carry? Are Saudi F-15s BVR capable with HOBS capability etc?

What BVR weapons are on stationed with Eurofighters?

It has everything you can imagine to have on an F-15.

They have AIM-120C7 BVRAAM, AIM-9X Sidewinder, IRIS-ts, Meteors, Harpoon Block II, HARMs, GBUs, JDAMs, JHMCS, Sniper, G-DB-10, AESA radar and an internal EW suite.

 

[TeesraIndiotHunter]

It has everything you can imagine to have on an F-15.

They have AIM-120C7 BVRAAM, AIM-9X Sidewinder, IRIS-ts, Meteors, Harpoon Block II, HARMs, GBUs, JDAMs, JHMCS, Sniper, G-DB-10, AESA radar and an internal EW suite.

Lets deploy Pakistani pilots to KSA and give them a treat by letting them fly these babies and fly against them

 

[Kompromat]

Lets deploy Pakistani pilots to KSA and give them a treat by letting them fly these babies and fly against them

I don't think the Americans will be happy with PAF flying these jets. Flying against them certainly hone our skills much better as the F-15s have a very powerful EW suite and AESA radar, perfect for us to study and develop BVR/Counter BVR tactics. If we can achieve success against these jets, the Indian MKIs would be easier to deal with.

 

[Luftwaffe]

A very capable and relevant aircraft for the region. How many are they eventually getting?

84 New rest of all current F-15S models would be upgraded to SA standards comparable to US E model or slightly advanced.

 

[Indischer]

84 New rest of all current F-15S models would be upgraded to SA standards comparable to US E model or slightly advanced.

Wow! That's some heavy arsenal there!

 

[Indus Falcon]

@Aeronaut and others

Can you tell what weapons-package Saudi F-15s carry? Are Saudi F-15s BVR capable with HOBS capability etc?

What BVR weapons are on stationed with Eurofighters?

Transmittal No:
10-43
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2010 – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Saudi Arabia of:

84 F-15SA Aircraft
170 APG-63(v)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar
(AESA) radar sets
193 F-110-GE-129 Improved Performance Engines
100 M61 Vulcan Cannons
100 Link-16 Multifunctional Information Distribution
System/Low Volume Terminal (MIDS/LVT) and spares
193 LANTIRN Navigation Pods (3rd Generation-Tiger Eye)
338 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS)
462 AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles (NVGS)
300 AIM-9X SIDEWINDER Missiles
25 Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM-9X)
25 Special Air Training Missiles (NATM-9X)
500 AIM-120C/7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air
Missiles (AMRAAM)
25 AIM-120 CATMs
1,000 Dual Mode Laser/Global Positioning System (GPS)
Guided Munitions (500 lb)
1,000 Dual Mode Laser/GPS Guided Munitions (2000 lb)
1,100 GBU-24 PAVEWAY III Laser Guided Bombs (2000 lb)
1,000 GBU-31B V3 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM)
(2000 lb)
1,300 CBU-105D/B Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW)/Wind
Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD)
50 CBU-105 Inert
1,000 MK-82 500lb General Purpose Bombs
6,000 MK-82 500lb Inert Training Bombs
2,000 MK-84 2000lb General Purpose Bombs
2,000 MK-84 2000lb Inert Training Bombs
200,000 20mm Cartridges
400,000 20mm Target Practice Cartridges
400 AGM-84 Block II HARPOON Missiles
600 AGM-88B HARM Missiles
169 Digital Electronic Warfare Systems (DEWS)
158 AN/AAQ-33 Sniper Targeting Systems
169 AN/AAS-42 Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Systems
10 DB-110 Reconnaissance Pods
462 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System Helmets
40 Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receivers
(ROVER)
Saudi Arabia – F-15SA Aircraft | The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency

 

[Luftwaffe]

Wow! That's some heavy arsenal there!

Not to forget 83 other F-15C in service but their MLU status is unknown I guess they would remain in service until F-35 is offered eventually when Israel receives complete F-35 deliveries.
84SA ordered
68-70S models upgrades to SA standards
83C models would remain up till 2025 as far as we know.

 

[Indischer]

Not to forget 83 other F-15C in service but their MLLU status is unknown I guess they would remain in service until F-35 is offered eventually when Israel receives complete F-35 deliveries.
84SA ordered
68-70S models upgrades to SA standards
83C models would remain up till 2025 as far as we know.

Saudi Arabia sure packs the heaviest punch in the middle east. On par with Israel on paper, I think.

 

[Indus Falcon]

In terms of reliability, taking into account the recent fiasco with Raytheon's AESA radar of the F-18, it would have been better had the Saudis gone for a Northrop Grumman AESA Radar.

 

[Luftwaffe]

Saudi Arabia sure packs the heaviest punch in the middle east. On par with Israel on paper, I think.

Lucky Kingdom, not on paper they actually have damn good Inventory/Fleet and decent pilots, israel is world renowned.

In terms of reliability, taking into account the recent fiasco with Raytheon's AESA radar of the F-18, it would have been better had the Saudis gone for a Northrop Grumman AESA Radar.

US AESA from any company are still far ahead technologically from European, Russian and Chinese counterparts.

 

[A.Rafay]

Congrats to Saudi bros F-15 is an amazing plane.

 

[rockstar08]

man this beast is awesome ... ccongrats to KSA brothers ...
@al-Hasani @Yzd Khalifa guys can i have a ride in this beauty