The McDonnell Douglas F-15B Eagle was a two-seater version of the regular F-15 with only 61 airplanes built. It's powered by two Pratt & Whitney F-100-PW-100 engines each of them rated at 14670 pounds (65,26Kn) at full power and 23830 pounds (105.7Kn) in afterburning. It's armed with one M61A1 Vulcan machine gun placed in the nose and has six hardpoints under the wings plus another five ones under the fuselage with a total payload of 7257Kg (16000lb). The usual air-to-air configuration is 4x AIM-7F Sparrow, 4X AIM-9E/L Sidewinder plus three external fuel tanks with a capacity of each 610 US gallons (2309litres). It's actively used both as a trainer and as a bomber by the
United States Air Force and the
Israeli Air Force.
The one depitcted below belongs to the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron that were received in 1978 replacing the F-4 Phantom while based in the Netherlands. They served until 1994 when the unit was reorganized.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32d_Air_Operations_Squadron
3. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
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