Air Force gets improved F-15E mission trainers
Boeing Co. has upgraded F-15E flight trainers at three Air Force mission training centers with features that incorporate new cockpit capabilities and weapons.
The Boeing Co. has upgraded F-15E flight trainers at three Air Force mission training centers with features that incorporate new cockpit capabilities and weapons.
The system upgrades enable the F-15E Strike Eagle training centers to use aircrew training devices that match the aircraft’s latest configuration, which encompasses changes to the cockpit and the ability to deliver the Small Diameter Bomb, company officials said.
Because of its relatively small size and accuracy, the small diameter bomb enables aircrews to carry more weapons in a single sortie than they could with larger ordnance.
The F-15E Suite 5 upgrades were delivered to Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho; Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.; and Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath, United Kingdom, the officials said.
The F-15E mission training centers give aircrews high-fidelity, simulator-based training without the costs associated with training in operational aircraft, the officials said. As a result of the upgrades, the centers will join the Distributed Mission Operations Network in August. The network enables aircrews learning to use the F-15E in one location to train for missions with aircrews training at other locations.
The F-15E strike fighter is designed for attacking ground targets deep inside enemy territory.