CENTCOM Releases Photo Of F-15E With Counter-UAV Loadout In The Middle East - Data Intelligence
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F-15E fighters deployed with new APKWS rocket loadout for anti-drone missions in CENTCOM region
This development follows earlier sightings of similar loadouts during testing at Eglin Air Force Base. The loadout comprises six LAU-131A/A pods, each capable of holding seven AGR-20 APKWS II (Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II) laser-guided rockets, making a total of 42 rockets. “The U.S. Command has just shared an image showing one of the F-15Es deployed to the Middle East carrying six LAU-131 pods for a total of 42 AGR-20 APKWS II laser…
The proliferation of drones of various types and complexity on the battlefield is among the main threats that military forces must face and counter. The possibility of using them, both by regular and irregular forces, represents a low-cost option available in greater numbers than traditional weaponry. This situation has also provoked a necessary response, as is the case of the United States Air Force (USAF), which is evaluating and incorporating…
CENTCOM Releases Photo Of F-15E With Counter-UAV Loadout In The Middle East - Data Intelligence
A few days after the first images emerged of Strike Eagles carrying four or six LAU-131 pods for drone-hunting missions, U.S. CENTCOM has released a photograph showing the same loadout on an operationally deployed F-15E. The new anti-UAV loadout made of six LAU-131A rocket launchers that we observed on F-15Es involved in tests at Eglin Air Force Base recently have made it to the CENTCOM AOR (Area Of Responsibility). The U.S. Command has just sha…
F-15E Armed With Drone Killing Laser-Guided Rockets Appears In Middle East
We now have a picture showing a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle down-range in the Middle East with an air-to-air loadout that includes six seven-shot 70mm rocket pods, as well as four AIM-9X and four AIM-120 missiles. This comes a week after TWZ was the first to report on testing of the laser-guided 70mm Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) rockets as a new armament option for the F-15E. As we noted at that time, the exact loado…
CENTCOM Releases Photo of F-15E with Counter-UAV Loadout in the Middle East
A few days after the first images emerged of Strike Eagles carrying four or six LAU-131 pods for drone-hunting missions, U.S. CENTCOM has released a photograph showing the same loadout on an operationally deployed F-15E. The new anti-UAV loadout made of six LAU-131A rocket launchers that we observed on F-15Es involved in tests at Eglin […] The post CENTCOM Releases Photo of F-15E with Counter-UAV Loadout in the Middle East appeared first on The …
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