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EC-25 Universe

Type: Airborne Early Warning and Control
Manufacturer: Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Contractors: General Electric, Raytheon, L-3 Communications, BAE Systems, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, Marshall Aerospace, Northrop Grumman

Specifications

Flight Crew: 4
Mission: 22-29
VIP Capacity: 12
Personnel Capacity: 78
Length: 250 ft 8 in
Wingspan: 224 ft 7 in
Height: 64 ft 2 in
Payload: 124,200 lb
Empty Weight: 550,900 lb (211,700 kg)
Max unfueled weight: 675,000 lb (288,000 kg)
Max Takeoff Weight: 975,000 lb (442,000 kg)

Powerplants: 4x General Electric F140-GE-100 (GEnx-2B67) turbofans
Thurst: 66,500 lbs thrust each
Electrical Generating Capacity: 7.5 MW

Electronics: Raytheon AN/APY-3A airborne radar, Northrop Grumman AN/APY-7 tracking radar, BAE Systems AN/ALR-94 radar warning receiver and AN/AAR-56 Infra-Red and Ultra-Violet Missile Approach Warning System, AN/APX-11 Command and Control Suite, AN/APX-12 laser targeting system

Armament: One Bomb Bay and six external hardpoints for up to 20,000 lbs of ordinance, 3 Northrop Grumman Firestrike 100kW solid-state laser turrets
Weapons Carried: AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-158 JASSM, AIM-120 AMRAAM

Range: 11,000 NM (20,370 km)
Endurance: 18 Hours
Maximum Speed: Mach 0.92 (614 mph, 533 kn, 988 km/h)
Cruising Speed: Mach 0.855 (570 mph, 495 kn, 917 km/h)
Service Ceiling: 43,000 ft (13,100 m)
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F-22 Raptor

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Manufacturers: Lockheed Martin, Boeing IDS
Contractors: L-3 Communications, Raytheon, Honeywell, Pratt and Whitney, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman

General characteristics

Crew: 1

Length: 62 ft 1 in (18.90 m)
Wingspan: 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
Height: 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
Wing area: 840 ft² (78.04 m²)
Airfoil: NACA 64A?05.92 root, NACA 64A?04.29 tip
Empty weight: 43,430 lb (19,700 kg)
Loaded weight: 64,460 lb (29,300 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 83,500 lb (38,000 kg)

Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 Pitch Thrust vectoring turbofans, 35,000+ lb (156+ kN) each
Fuel capacity: 18,000 lb (8,200 kg) internally, or 26,000 lb (11,900 kg) with two external fuel tanks

Performance

Maximum speed:
- At altitude: Mach 2.25 (1,500 mph, 2,410 km/h)
- Supercruise: Mach 1.82 (1,220 mph, 1,963 km/h)
Range: 1,600 nmi (1,840 mi, 2,960 km) with 2 external fuel tanks
Combat radius: 410 nmi[89] (471 mi, 759 km)
Ferry range: 2,000 mi (1,738 nmi, 3,219 km)
Service ceiling 65,000 ft (19,812 m)
Wing loading: 66 lb/ft² (322 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 1.08 (1.26 with 50% fuel)
Maximum g-load: -3.0/+9.0 g

Armament

Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A2 Vulcan gatling gun in starboard wing root, 480 rounds
Air to air loadout:
- 6× AIM-120 AMRAAM
- 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder
Air to ground loadout:
- 2× AIM-120 AMRAAM and
- 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder and one of the following:
+ 2× 1,000 lb (450 kg) JDAM or
+ 2× Wind Corrected Munitions Dispensers (WCMDs) or
+ 8× 250 lb (110 kg) GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs

Hardpoints:
4× under-wing pylon stations can be fitted to carry 600 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks or weapons, each with a capacity of about 5,000 lb (2268 kg).

Avionics

RWR (Radar warning receiver): 250 nmi (463 km) or more
Radar: 125-150 miles (200-240 km) against 1 m² targets (estimated range)
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B-52K Stratofortress

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Manufacturer: Boeing IDS
Contractors: General Electric, L-3 Communications, Allison Power Systems, Raytheon, Motorola

General characteristics

Crew: 6 (pilot, copilot, bombardier, navigator, air warfare officer and electronic warfare officer)
Length: 159 ft 4 in (48.5 m)
Wingspan: 185 ft 0 in (56.4 m)
Height: 40 ft 8 in (12.4 m)
Wing area: 4,000 sq ft (370 m²)
Airfoil: NACA 63A219.3 mod root, NACA 65A209.5 tip
Empty weight: 185,000 lb (83,250 kg)
Loaded weight: 265,000 lb (120,000 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 488,000 lb (220,000 kg)
Powerplant: 8× CFM international CFM56-7/B18 turbofans, 22,500 lbf each
Fuel capacity: 47,975 U.S. gal (39,948 imp gal; 181,610 L)
Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0119 (estimated)
Drag area: 47.60 sq ft (4.42 m²)
Aspect ratio: 8.56

Performance

Maximum speed: 560 kt (650 mph, 1,000 km/h)
Combat radius: 4,556 mi (4,050 NM, 7,340 km)
Ferry range: 10,870 mi (9,390 nm, 17,392 km)
Service ceiling: 55,000 ft (16,500 m)
Rate of climb: 6,270 ft/min. (31.85 m/s)
Wing loading: 120 lb/sq ft (595 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.37
Lift-to-drag ratio: 21.5 (estimated)

Armament

Hardpoints: 3 bomb-bays, 4 outside bomb racks and 6 hardpoints, up to 85,000 lbs of ordinance:

- Mk-82 AIR inflatable retarder general purpose bombs
- Mk-82 low drag general purpose bombs
- Mk-62 Quickstrike sea mines
- Mk-65 naval mines
- CBU-87/89/CBU-97 Cluster Bomb Units
- CBU-103/104/105 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser
- GBU-31 JDAM GPS guided bombs
- GBU-38 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-82 general purpose warhead)
- Mk-84 general purpose bombs
- GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb GPS guided bombs
- AGM-158B JASSM-ER
- B61 thermonuclear variable-yield gravity bombs
- B83 nuclear bomb
- AGM-84 Harpoon
- AGM-119 Penguin
- AGM-88 HARM
- AGM-123 Skipper II
- AGM-142 Have Nap
- AGM-154 JSOW
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F-111R Aardvark

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Manufacturer: General Dynamics
Contractors: L-3 Communications, Raytheon, Honeywell, Pratt and Whitney, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman

Characteristics

Length: 76 ft 3 in
Wingspan: 66 ft (spread), 33 ft 6 in (swept)
Height: 17.15 ft

Wing area: 671 ft2 (spread), 535 ft2 (swept)
Empty Weight: 45,000 lb (20,411 kg)
Loaded Weight: 85,000 lb (38,555 kg)
Max Takeoff Weight: 107,500 lb (48,761 kg)

Powerplant: 2x Pratt and Whitney F135 afterburning turbofans
Thrust: 40,000+ lbs each engine
Thrust/weight: 0.942 at loaded weight, 0.744 at MTOW

Performance

Maximum Speed: Mach 2.5 (1,650 mph, 2,655 km/h)
Combat Radius: 1,550 mi (1,347 nmi, 2,495 km)
Ferry Range: 4,600 mi (4,000 nmi, 7,403 km)
Service Ceiling: 66,000 ft (20,120 m)
Rate of Climb: 26,000 ft/min (132 m/s)

Armament

Guns: 1x M61 Vulcan 20mm cannon
Hardpoints: 1 bomb bay, 10 hardpoints on wings and wing gloves, 2 under fuselage, for a total of 36,500 lbs of ordinance

Weapons Carried:
- Mk-82 AIR inflatable retarder general purpose bombs
- Mk-82 low drag general purpose bombs
- Mk-62 Quickstrike sea mines
- Mk-65 naval mines
- CBU-87/89/CBU-97 Cluster Bomb Units
- CBU-103/104/105 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser
- GBU-31 JDAM GPS guided bombs
- GBU-38 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-82 general purpose warhead)
- Mk-84 general purpose bombs
- GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb GPS guided bombs
- AGM-158B JASSM-ER
- B61 thermonuclear variable-yield gravity bombs
- AGM-84 Harpoon
- AGM-119 Penguin
- AGM-88 HARM
- AGM-123 Skipper II
- AGM-142 Have Nap
- AGM-154 JSOW
- AIM-9X Sidewinder
- AIM-120 AMRAAM
- AIM-132 ASRAAM
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C-46 Superstar

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Manufacturer: Aerion Corporation
Contractors: Pratt and Whitney, L-3 Communications, Motorola, Raytheon, Spirit AeroSystems
Type: Supersonic Transport

Crew: 2
Capacity: 8-12 passengers
Length: 135.6 ft (41.33 m)
Wingspan: 64.2 ft (19.57 m)
Height: 21.2 ft (6.46 m)
Wing area: 1,200 ft² (111.5 m²)
Empty weight: 19,225 lb (8,720 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 90,000 lb (40,823 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 turbofans, 19,600 lbf (87.19 kN) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 1,030 knots (Mach 1.8, 1,186 mph, 1,909 km/h)
Cruise speed: 966 knots (Mach 1.7, 1,112 mph, 1,790 km/h)
Range:
o At Mach 0.95: 4,600 nm (5,300 mi, 8,500 km)
o At Mach 1.40: 4,200 nm (4,800 mi, 7,800 km)
Service ceiling: 51,000 ft (16,000 m)
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EF-111B Defender

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Manufacturer: General Dynamics
Contractors: L-3 Communications, Raytheon, Honeywell, Pratt and Whitney, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman
Type: Electronic Warfare

Characteristics

Crew: 4
Length: 82 ft 9 in
Wingspan: 66 ft (spread), 33 ft 6 in (swept)
Height: 17.15 ft
Wing area: 671 ft2 (spread), 535 ft2 (swept)
Empty Weight: 55,450 lb (25,151 kg)
Loaded Weight: 66,750 lb (30,276 kg)
Max Takeoff Weight: 96,750 lb (43,884 kg)
Powerplant: 2x Pratt and Whitney F135 afterburning turbofans
Thrust: 40,000+ lbs each engine

Performance
Maximum Speed:
- At Altitude: Mach 2.2 (1,460 mph, 2,350 km/h)
- At Sea Level: Mach 1.2 (750 mph, 1,207 km/h)
Range: 2,250 mi (1,960 nmi, 3,620 km)
Ferry Range: 4,200 mi (3,655 nmi, 6,760 km)
Service Ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
Rate of Climb: 11,000 ft/min (3,353 m/min)
Thrust/Weight (MTOW): 0.827

Armament
6 Hardpoints (2 under wing gloves, 4 under wings) with a capacity of 12,000 lbs (5,440 kg)
Missiles: AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-176 Revolver, AGM-88 HARM
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F-15G/H Dark Eagle

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Manufacturer: Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Development Partners: Lockheed Martin, Pratt and Whitney, Elbit Systems, Israel Aircraft Industries, BAE Systems USA, Raytheon
Type: Air Superiority Fighter

Specifications

F-15G/H “Dark Eagle” (Hebrew: Baz II)
Crew: one or two (depending on initial variant)
Length: 63.7 ft (19.42 m)
Wingspan: 42.8 ft (13 m)
Height: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Wing area: 668 ft² (62.1 m²)
Empty weight: 32,500 lb (14,742 kg)
Loaded weight: 51,000 lb (23,134 kg)
Max Takeoff Weight: 69,250 lb (31,415 kg)
Fuel capacity: 14,900 lb (6,758 kg) (approx. 2,200 gal)
Horizontal tail span: 28.2 ft (8.60 m)
Canard span: 29.6 ft (9.03 m)
Powerplant: 2 Pratt and Whitney F135 afterburning turbofans (Block 50), 2 General Electric/Rolls Royce F136 afterburning turbofans (Block 52)
o Dry thrust: 28,500 lbf (126.4 kN) each
o Thrust with afterburner: 40,000 lb (190.7 kN) each

Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 2.5 (1,316 mph, 2,645 km/h)
Service ceiling: 65,000 ft (19,800 m)
Range: 2,750 mi (4,425 km)
Combat radius: 1,129 nmi (1,300 mi, 2,092 km) for interdiction mission
Ferry range: 3,900 mi (3,391 nmi, 6,275 km) with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks
Rate of climb: >50,000 ft/min (254 m/s)
Wing loading: 71.9 lb/ft² (350.6 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 1.67

Armament

Guns: 2× internally mounted 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 gatling guns, 1750 rounds
Hardpoints: four wing, four fuselage, two wingtip stations, centerline station, optional fuselage pylons with a capacity of 18,500 lb (8,440 kg)
Missiles: AIM-7M Sparrow, AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-9X Sidewinder, AIM-176 Revolver, Python 5, Derby, AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-142 Popeye, AGM-158 JASSM
Bombs: Mk 80 series general purpose bombs, Paveway and JDAM series smart bombs

Notable Features

- AN/APG-81 AESA radar
- AN/ALR-94 radar-warning receiver and AN/AAN-56 infrared missile approach warning system
- Strengthened landing gear, allowing takeoffs and landings from unprepared runways and roads/highways
- High-end glass cockpit
- Helmet-mounted display systems
- High transfer rate communications and data transfer systems
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OOC:That dark eagle is amazing.
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OOC: Not really, France, you never buy American. Ever. And this is mostly for those of us currently with Eagles from the 1970's that are starting to fall apart at this point. Export buyers are going to want to buy the F-35 for the stealth.
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