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Make:NIKON CORPORATION
Model:NIKON D3
Shutter Speed:10/3200 second
Aperture:F/9.0
Focal Length:50 mm
ISO Speed:400
Date Taken:Nov 6, 2008, 11:08:59 PM

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F-15E Strike Eagleby ~SonicHdghog

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An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 391st Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

Crew: 2 (Pilot and Combat Systems Officer (CSO))
Length: 63.8 ft (19.43 m)
Wingspan: 42.8 ft (13.05)
Height: 18.5 ft (5.63 m)
Empty Weight: 31,700 lbs. (14,300 kg)
Max Take-Off Weight: 81,000 lbs. (36,700 kg)
Powerplant: Two Pratt & Whitney F100-P229 afterburning turbofans w/29,000 ft/lbs. (129 kN) each
Max Speed: Mach 2.5+ (1,650+ mph, 2,660+ kph)
Range: 2,400 miles (3,900 km) w/external fuel tanks
Service Ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,200 m)
Rate of Climb: 50,000 feet per min (254+ m/s)
Armament:
- 1 20mm M61 Vulcan gatling gun w/510 rounds
- Missiles (Air-to-Air): AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile), AIM-7 Sparrow, AIM-9 Sidewinder
- Missiles (Air-to-Surface): AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-130, AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-154 JSOW (Joint Standoff Weapon), AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile)
- Bombs: B61 nuclear, Mark 82, Mark 84, various CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition, CBU-89 Gator, CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon, CBU-103 CEM, CBU-104 Gator, CBU-105 SFW, GBU-10 Paveway II, GBU-12 Paveway II, GBU-15, GBU-24 Paveway II, GBU-27 Paveway III, GBU-28, GBU-31 JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition), GBU-38 JDAM, GBU-39 SDB (Small Diameter Bomb), GBU-54 Laser JDAM

This aircraft is my favorite of all the military aircraft. I know the F-22 is more "bad ass," but I just love this airplane more than any other. I feature it in my "Teen Titans: Eclipsed" fan fiction story.