F-15I Ra’am
Owned By
| Operator: | Israel |
| Status: | In Service |
| Number: | 25 |
| Cost: | $1.76-2 billion |
| Acquired: | 1998-1999 |
| General Specs | |
| Country of origin: | United States |
| Role: | Multirole fighter |
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
| Introduced: | April 1988 |
| Power plant: | 2 x Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 |
| Thrust: | 29,000 lbs per engine |
| Wingspan: | 42.8 ft (13 m) |
| Length: | 63.8 ft (19.44 m) |
| Height: | 18.5 ft (5.6 m) |
| Weight (empty): | 37,500 lbs (17,010 kg) |
| Maximum takeoff weight: | 81,000 lbs (36,750 kg) |
| Fuel Capacity: | 35,550 lbs (3 external tanks plus conformal fuel tanks) |
| Speed: | 1,875 mph (Mach 2.5+) |
| Ceiling: | 60,000 ft (18,288 m) |
| Range: | 2765 miles |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Armament: | 11 Hardpoints or 11 tons |
| Guns | 1 x Internally mounted M61A1 Vulcan 6-barrel 20 mm cannon with 500 rounds |
| Air-to-air | AIM-7 Sparrow |
| AIM-120 AMRAAM | |
| AIM-9 Sidewinder | |
| Python 4 | |
| Python 5 | |
| Air-to-ground | AGM-65 Maverick |
| AGM-84 Harpoon | |
| AGM-142 Popeye | |
| MK82 unguided bomb | |
| MK84 unguided bomb | |
| CBU-87 cluster bomb | |
| CBU-89 mine dispenser | |
| CBU-107 | |
| GBU-10 Paveway II | |
| GBU-12 Paveway II | |
| GBU-24 Paveway III | |
| GBU-27 Paveway III | |
| GBU-28 Bunker Buster | |
| GBU-31 JDAM | |
| GBU-38 JDAM | |
| GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb | |
| Radar/Sensors: | Upgrading to APG-81(V)1 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) from APG-70I |
| LANTIRN navigation and targeting pod system | |
| Domestically produced electronic warfare (EW) system | |
| Countermeasures/Defenses: | Elisra SPS-2110 |
| Misc Systems: | DASH helmet mounted sight |
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