F-15E 在F-15的基础上加大对地攻击能力,故称“双重任务”战斗机。
- The most important new weapon earmarked for European deployment is an air-to-surface nuclear missile that could be carried on the American F-16 fighters based in Europe and the new F-15E nuclear strike aircraft now in production.
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. received contracts totaling $10 million from the Air Force for the F-15E aircraft improvement program.
- The Saudi Air Force lacks much capability to destroy tanks, and the pilots are still training to use British-built Tornado attack jets that the Saudis bought because they could not buy the equivalent U.S. F-15E.