Saudi F-15SA
 

With all the excitement of new F-15EX being built at moment, wondered over to the Heath last night to see another new batch (3rd or 4th) Boeing F-15SA turn up for RON - delivery from St Louis as I think the first batch of new SA turned up couple of years ago...so here are my photos below.

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I heard the rumble as they flew over Gateshead. Typically there was too much cloud to get sight of them.

A buddy of mine was a WSO in a similar F-15E during Desert Storm, the capabilities of the jet back then sounded like a SciFi novel, including a combat emergency requiring the use of Vmax (which trashed both engines) resulting in some highly unlikely Mach numbers, and the ability to re-direct power to boost sensor performance always impressed me as well. Lord knows how much it has matured in 30 years what with add-ons like AESA and the new 229 series engines.

Still an impressive aircraft.

68 delivered, six left stateside, of which two (possibly three) are unlikely to be delivered, instead remaining stateside for continuing test duties.

Two more F-15S-to-SA conversions (known as F-15SRs) have also been delivered from St Louis, one converted by a Saudi team. The first of 66 more SRs has flown in-Kingdom and about 10 are in work with Alsalam.

This would be the one to avoid... let the expats do their job please.

That's converted by an (expat) Saudi team in St Louis. Apparently very successfully.