The newest version of the F-15, the “Silent Eagle,” a stealthier version unveiled earlier this week at the Boeing plant in St. Louis
…But the U.S. won’t export the F-22, and you can’t afford the JSF? Then how about a “stealthy” (or perhaps we should say “slightly stealthy”) version of the F-15?
Tuesday in St. Louis, Boeing unveiled the prototype of its “Silent Eagle,” a modified F-15E with internal weapons bays built into the conformal fuel tanks, and the vertical fins canted outward, to further reduce the radar cross-section.
Boeing believes it could sell as many as 180 of the advanced F-15s. Similar technology might also be incorporated into stealthier versions of its F/A-18 Hornet.
