| Manufacturer |
Blackburn Aircraft |
McDonnell Douglas |
| Description |
The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN). |
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. |
| First Flight |
1958-04-30 |
1986-12-11 |
| Entry Into service |
1962-07-17 |
1989-09-30 |
| Production End |
|
2017-01-01 |
| Service End |
1994-03-31 |
|
| Designer |
Blackburn Aircraft |
McDonnell Douglas |
| Type |
Maritime strike aircraft |
Multirole strike fighter |
| Length (m) |
19.2024 |
19.2024 |
| Height (m) |
4.8768 |
5.4864 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
2 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
1074.159 |
|
| Max Ceiling (m) |
12192 |
18288 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
|
254 |
| Armament |
4 × under-wing pylon stations for up to 12000 lb of bombs, and 1 × internal rotating bomb bay |
1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan 6-barreled rotary cannon, 500 rounds of either M-56 or PGU-28 ammunition; ; Mark 82 bomb; Mark 84 bomb; GBU-15; GBU-10 Paveway II; GBU-12 Paveway II; GBU-24 Paveway III; GBU-27 Paveway III; GBU-28 (Bunker buster); GBU-31 or GBU-38 {8 GBU-31s or 16 GBU-38s} (JDAM); GBU-54 Laser JDAM (LJDAM); GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB); B61 nuclear bomb; CBU-87 or CBU-103 (CEM… |
| Max Mach (Mach) |
0.95 |
2.5 |
| National Origin |
United Kingdom |
United States of America |
| Number Built |
211 |
435 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Rolls-Royce Spey Mk.101 turbofan engines |
2 × Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 afterburning turbofan |
| Primary Users |
Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, South African Air Force |
United States Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force , Israeli Air Force , Republic of Korea Air Force , For other users, see Operators |
| Status |
|
In service |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneer |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
13.4112 |
12.8016 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
47.7522 |
56.485 |
| Aircraft Engine |
|
Pratt & Whitney F100 |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |