F15SA: THE EXPORT VARIANT OF THE F15 FOR SAUDI ARABIA

[Ceylal]

• After their Abrams, the F-15 S is down graded too...
  
  
• The F-15S (the Saudi Strike Eagle) is a slightly degraded version of the Strike Eagle. Although a very capable air-to-air and air-to-ground platform, it lacks those cutting edge avionicsand weaponry which make the Strike Eagle a world class strike fighter. The deliberate degradation of the jet's capabilities can be witnessed in most of the important aircraft systems.
  
  
  
  
  Differences from the F-15E
  Paint Scheme: The most apparent difference between the S and E models is their paint scheme. The E model has a one tone gunship grey color, while the S model uses a two-tone 'Mod Eagle' paint scheme.
  
  Engines: The F-15S is equipped with Pratt&Whitney F100-PW-229 engines, the stronger one from the two P&W engine models used in the Strike Eagles.
  
  Its radar, the APG-70S is based on the APG-70 radar of the Strike Eagle, but with its main features significantly downgraded. Radar bandwidth is 60% of the 'original' and only 16 channels are available instead of 32. Although the APG-70S has APG-70.
  
  Navigation and Targeting Pods: LANTIRN pods are also degraded. Instead os using the 'standard' AAQ-13 navigation pod and AAQ-14 targeting pod, Saudi Arabia received 48 pairs of AAQ-19 'Pathfinder' navigation pods and AAQ-20 'Sharpshooter' targeting pods (use their original designation number and add 6 to them). The navigation pod is downgraded in its GBU-15 and GBU-24 smart bombs belong to the inventory of the Saudi version. Understandably, the F-15S does not have the wiring to be able to employ nuclear weapons. BRU-46/A and BRU-47/A weapon racks were initially lacking from F-15S delivered to Saudi Arabia, but this restriction was cleared later and 'normal' CFT's were delivered between 1998 and 2000.
  
  F-15E.info: Strike Eagle reference and resources - F-15E.info - F-15S Differences

Saudi F15 being assembled in St Louis facility.

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[C130]

you post F-15S. but have F-15SA in the title which is the upgraded advance version of the F-15E

and the M1s are in no way a major downgrade especially compared to the T-72 monkey model the USSR sold to it's allies which was a deathtrap

 

[azzo]

• After their Abrams, the F-15 S is down graded too...
  
  
• The F-15S (the Saudi Strike Eagle) is a slightly degraded version of the Strike Eagle. Although a very capable air-to-air and air-to-ground platform, it lacks those cutting edge avionicsand weaponry which make the Strike Eagle a world class strike fighter. The deliberate degradation of the jet's capabilities can be witnessed in most of the important aircraft systems.
  
  
  
  
  Differences from the F-15E
  Paint Scheme: The most apparent difference between the S and E models is their paint scheme. The E model has a one tone gunship grey color, while the S model uses a two-tone 'Mod Eagle' paint scheme.
  
  Engines: The F-15S is equipped with Pratt&Whitney F100-PW-229 engines, the stronger one from the two P&W engine models used in the Strike Eagles.
  
  Its radar, the APG-70S is based on the APG-70 radar of the Strike Eagle, but with its main features significantly downgraded. Radar bandwidth is 60% of the 'original' and only 16 channels are available instead of 32. Although the APG-70S has APG-70.
  
  Navigation and Targeting Pods: LANTIRN pods are also degraded. Instead os using the 'standard' AAQ-13 navigation pod and AAQ-14 targeting pod, Saudi Arabia received 48 pairs of AAQ-19 'Pathfinder' navigation pods and AAQ-20 'Sharpshooter' targeting pods (use their original designation number and add 6 to them). The navigation pod is downgraded in its GBU-15 and GBU-24 smart bombs belong to the inventory of the Saudi version. Understandably, the F-15S does not have the wiring to be able to employ nuclear weapons. BRU-46/A and BRU-47/A weapon racks were initially lacking from F-15S delivered to Saudi Arabia, but this restriction was cleared later and 'normal' CFT's were delivered between 1998 and 2000.
  
  F-15E.info: Strike Eagle reference and resources - F-15E.info - F-15S Differences

Saudi F15 being assembled in St Louis facility.

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Saudi is buying the F15SA not the F15S.

Also, Saudi's old F15S is going to be upgraded to F15SA in Saudi Arabia via a Saudi firm.

Try harder next time ROFL.

 

[Kompromat]

Troll fail.

F-15SA is the most advanced F-15 built so far. It's like the Block-62 for F-16.

 

[C130]

Saudi Arabia – F-15SA Aircraft | The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency

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)
80 Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation Pods

Also included are the upgrade of the existing Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) fleet of seventy (70) F-
15S multi-role fighters to the F-15SA configuration, the provision for CONUS-based fighter training
operations for a twelve (12) F-15SA contingent, construction, refurbishments, and infrastructure
improvements of several support facilities for the F-15SA in-Kingdom and/or CONUS operations, RR-
188 Chaff, MJU-7/10 Flares, training munitions, Cartridge Actuated Devices/Propellant Actuated
Devices, communication security, site surveys, trainers, simulators, publications and technical
documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and contractor
engineering, technical, and logistical support services, and other related elements of logistical and
program support. The estimated cost is $29.432 billion.

and you all thought the Rafale deal to India was the mother of all deals.

 

[Kompromat]

It's MMI is like the F-35, single piece display screen.

 

[Jazzbot]

The estimated cost is $29.432 billion.

and you all thought the Rafale deal to India was the mother of all deals.

Not all, its just the indians who are chest thumping and self boasting everywhere.

 

[الأعرابي]

Lol, Fail thread is fail thread

Try again Barbarian.

 

[SQ8]

The OP is advised to first read about the initial Saudi Purchase of F-15S.. and the current purchase before copy pasting from wikipedia again. CLOSED.