I was wondering if anyone could provide the specs on painting two parts of an f-15 strike eagle.
First part…the interior surfaces of the air brake mounted just behind the cockpit.
Should it be insignia white as prescribed by our friend at model master…?
Second part…Should the radar equipment be painted a variation of medium grey such as gull grey or ghost grey?
Was hoping you gentlemen could help as I am not sure if I should trust the specs provided in the directions.
no I think he litterally meant the bottom of the speed brake not the area on the fusealage where it lays on. and I always thought the equipment bays and Radar spaces (except the Radar itself) were painted Metallic Blue Green. I have Squadrons F-15 Walk Around.
The bottom of the speed brake is the same color (not as weathered) as the top of speed brake. Sometimes the area on the bottom of the speed brake was used by the crew chief for little messages and some personal flair (because the brake is closed most of the time.) At least my unit did. (318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, '83-'85)
If you were in from 83-85, you weren’t on Strike Eagles. They didn’t hit the squadrons until '88 and my wing, the 4th TFW were the first to get them. There was a squadron at Luke for training before they were deployed to combat squadrons.
Tank, here’s a picture that shows the one area you are speaking of.
Actually that jet is out of Lakenheath. I was stationed at Seymour Johnson in N. Carolina. I was an Avionics Tech there on the F-4E’s. I was actually out of the Air Force by the time the F-15E’s showed up but I still lived in the area and had friends still in the squadron, so I got to see them a lot. One friend worked the simulator and that was fun. Unfortunately it was just a procedures trainer so there was no video or movement. The only thing you got to look at were the screens in the cockpit as an outside representation. If you want to see more pictures of F-15’s, go to www.airliners.net , go to the search page and type in F-15E in the keyword spot. This was the first picture I saw on there showing the brake open, but there are like 19 pages of Strike eagle photos on there. Hope it helps.
Yes at McChord AFB , WA. we had A’s and B’s but the color under the brake still matches the color on top of the aircraft, at least at Mountain Home they do. I was an Aero Repair Specialist/Crew chief that specialized in flight controls and landing gear, then I moved to KC-135’s. I didn’t get to work on the Eagles at MHAFB but I still got some very close looks at them. On the left is a retired F-15 from the 318th on the right are 2 E models from MHAFB as seen off the wing of my tanker.
Gave it up for the retired life. All those overtime hours finally are paying off[:D]
I miss it now and then but all I have to do is go for a visit and I’m glaad I’m on the outside looking in. Just realized something… the extra messages and artwork under the speed brake was what I ment by my unit doing it.
my father was with the 1st Fighter Wing and they had C’s and D’s top of the line stuff in fact the reason the E uses the conformal fuel tanks at all was that Headquarters wanted testing done to see the feasability of using those tanks at all in a combat situation and the F-15’s at Langley fit the bill since at the time Langley was Headquarters to TAC command. (Langley is now headquarters to ACC) And let me tell you and this is how my dad said it " Conformal Fuel Tanks are a PITA to install and a PITA to remove but other that that while they are on the aircraft they work just fine". My father was a NCOIC in the 27th and then the 71st Fighter squadrons (term is Eagle Keeper aka mechanic)
On the left is a retired F-15 from the 318th on the right are 2 E models from MHAFB as seen off the wing of my tanker.