From The Archives: Stealthy F-15 - Boeing's Fighter Gambit

This Boeing's F-15 SE "Silent Eagle" featuring 15-deg canted vertical fins and internal weapons carriage in conformal fuel tanks was intended to provide some stealth capability for the international market. We wrote in March 2009, that it was set to complete flight tests by the end of 2009, with the standard vertical F-15E stabilizers. 

The model is designed on test aircraft E1 - a U.S. Air Force asset leased to Boeing. USAF markings on the wheel well were digitally removed in this Boeing photo. 

Read the full issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology dated March 23, 2009. 

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