The strongest fighter in Southeast Asia: Singapore F- 15SG

The strongest fighter in Southeast Asia: Singapore F- 15SG

In 2006, after three years of selection, Singapore officially announced that Boeing's F- 15SG won. In that year, the contract amount reached $654.38 billion.

Previously, Singapore had 48 F- 16c/D, 7 F- 16A/B, 40 A-4 Skyhawk intruders, 32 F-5 Tiger fighters, 4 E-2C early warning aircraft and 4 KC- 135R tankers. It is the most vigorous air power in Southeast Asia. However, after 2000, neighboring countries strengthened their air force and introduced advanced fighters. For example, Malaysia, a neighboring country, bought F/A- 18D fighter jets from the United States and introduced Russian Su -30MK. The number of Su -27 fleets in Vietnam, a military power in Southeast Asia, is also actively expanding. Obviously, the Singapore Air Force was unable to maintain its superiority at that time, and Singapore urgently needed to introduce new fighters to maintain its technological and quantitative advantages. In 2003, Singapore indicated that it would acquire 22-26 "advanced fighters" and hoped to move forward to the first batch for use in 2009.

When the world's arms giants got the news, Loma took out the F- 16block60, Boeing took out the F- 15SG and F/A- 18E/F, Dassault took out the "gust", Britain and Germany took out the "hurricane", and even Russian Su Huoyi wanted a piece of the Singapore Air Force equipped by the United States. In April 2005, Singapore chose other aircraft types, leaving only "Gust" and F- 15SG. Although gust is a little more advanced than F- 15SG, F- 15 is chosen for logistics and maintenance because its price is 25% cheaper and the Singapore Air Force has been using American equipment.

F- 15SG is developed on the basis of F- 15E and is the strongest F- 15. Compared with the previous F- 15, F- 15SG chose the optimized airframe from scratch, which greatly improved the airframe structure and potential. F- 15SG fighter captain 19.43m, wingspan 13.05m, height 5.63m, maximum takeoff weight of 37 tons, maximum flight speed of Mach 2.5, and useful ceiling of 15000m. Its combat radius span 1800km.

As for the power system, F- 15SG adopts two afterburner turbofan engines, F 1 10-GE-229. Compared with the previous F101-GE-100, this engine has been optimized in both bypass ratio and pressure ratio. This engine can accelerate the F- 15SG fighter from Mach 0.8 to Mach 2.2 in three minutes. Generally speaking, this kind of engine has slender thrust and long service life, which provides solid power for the F- 15SG fighter.

Related to South Korea's F- 15K, the function of An /APG-63(V)3 active phased array (AESA) radar equipped with F- 15SG goes further. This type of radar not only greatly increases the range and resolution, but also has the ability to track multiple policies at the same time, and can guide eight AIM- 120C to violate eight different policies together. Both F- 15SG and F- 15K are equipped with helmet-mounted displays, which are better than the F- 15E currently used by the US military.

As for airborne weapons, due to its long-term friendly contact with the United States, Singapore can completely acquire all the advanced airborne weapons of the United States. Including: AIM- 120C medium-range air-to-air missile, AIM-9X short-range combat missile, JDAM, GBU- 12 laser-guided bomb, advanced tactics and reconnaissance pod, etc. In 2005, in order to advance the winning probability of F- 15SG, the United States agreed to sell a batch of airborne weapon systems, including 200 sets, to Singapore.

The F- 15SG, which has served in Singapore Air Force for more than ten years, is still the strongest fighter in Southeast Asia. Its appearance has played a decisive role in Singapore Air Force's insistence on regional advantages. In 20 19, the United States announced that it would sell F-35 fighters to Singapore, which will become the first country in Southeast Asia to equip four generations of stealth fighters and continue to constitute an overwhelming advantage for the air defense systems of Southeast Asian countries.