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Seek Eagle F-I5E Mixed Loads Certification
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The SEEK EAGLE F-15E Mixed Loads Certification test program was created and funded in response to the United States Air Force (USAF) Air Combat Command's (ACC) request to certify new air-to-ground (A/G) configurations and weapon release sequences on the F-15E. The primary concerns which required flight testing were store separations from the wing pylon and conformal fuel tank (CFT) stations as well as the structural compatibility of new weapon configurations. Safe separation testing consisted of 35 missions that included weapon releases and captive carriage of most of the conventional stores in the USAF inventory. A total of three captive compatibility flight profiles (CFPs) were flown with GBU-10/12 Paveway II laser guided bombs (LGBs) and the M-129 leaflet dispenser. Mixed Loads test results are currently being reported on by the SEEK EAGLE Program Office and the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Final store certification recommendations will be made by SEEK EAGLE before September 1997.
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Baird, C. and Koper, E., "Seek Eagle F-I5E Mixed Loads Certification," SAE Technical Paper 975521, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/975521.Also In
References
- Flight Manual, USAF Series F-15E Aircraft 15 February 1996
- Flight Manual, Aircrew Weapons Delivery Manual (Nonnuclear) 15 September 1994
- Aircraft/Stores Certification Procedures Department of Defense 31 December 1990
- Guide to Aircraft/Stores Compatibility Department of Defense 6 April 1990
- Documentation of a Wind Tunnel Test of Several Air-to-Ground Weapons Released from the F-15E Aircraft January 1995