RSAF gets its first F-15SA

[Donatello]

Saudi Arabia sure packs the heaviest punch in the middle east. On par with Israel on paper, I think.

Much better than them. Saudis will have way more F-15s than Israel, plus they have Tornados and Typhoons. Quality and Quantity.

Transmittal No:
10-43
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2010 – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Saudi Arabia of:

84 F-15SA Aircraft
170 APG-63(v)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar
(AESA) radar sets
193 F-110-GE-129 Improved Performance Engines
100 M61 Vulcan Cannons
100 Link-16 Multifunctional Information Distribution
System/Low Volume Terminal (MIDS/LVT) and spares
193 LANTIRN Navigation Pods (3rd Generation-Tiger Eye)
338 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS)
462 AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles (NVGS)
300 AIM-9X SIDEWINDER Missiles
25 Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM-9X)
25 Special Air Training Missiles (NATM-9X)
500 AIM-120C/7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air
Missiles (AMRAAM)
25 AIM-120 CATMs
1,000 Dual Mode Laser/Global Positioning System (GPS)
Guided Munitions (500 lb)
1,000 Dual Mode Laser/GPS Guided Munitions (2000 lb)
1,100 GBU-24 PAVEWAY III Laser Guided Bombs (2000 lb)
1,000 GBU-31B V3 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM)
(2000 lb)
1,300 CBU-105D/B Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW)/Wind
Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD)
50 CBU-105 Inert
1,000 MK-82 500lb General Purpose Bombs
6,000 MK-82 500lb Inert Training Bombs
2,000 MK-84 2000lb General Purpose Bombs
2,000 MK-84 2000lb Inert Training Bombs
200,000 20mm Cartridges
400,000 20mm Target Practice Cartridges
400 AGM-84 Block II HARPOON Missiles
600 AGM-88B HARM Missiles
169 Digital Electronic Warfare Systems (DEWS)
158 AN/AAQ-33 Sniper Targeting Systems
169 AN/AAS-42 Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Systems
10 DB-110 Reconnaissance Pods
462 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System Helmets
40 Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receivers
(ROVER)
Saudi Arabia – F-15SA Aircraft | The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency

That's a pretty freaking awesome deal. Check out those Pods and AIM9Xs
They are getting 500 AIM120s, is that the upper limit? Why not get more. PAF got 500 as well.

 

[TeesraIndiotHunter]

Saudi Arabia sure packs the heaviest punch in the middle east. On par with Israel on paper, I think.

On paper, superior to Israel in quality.

Israeli F-15s are inferior to latest Saudi F-15s.

Moreover, Israelis have F-16s as multirole aircraft.

Saudis have Eurofighters Tranche 3

I don't think the Americans will be happy with PAF flying these jets. Flying against them certainly hone our skills much better as the F-15s have a very powerful EW suite and AESA radar, perfect for us to study and develop BVR/Counter BVR tactics. If we can achieve success against these jets, the Indian MKIs would be easier to deal with.

Yes.

I want to see our F-16s and JF-17 Thunder block II going all out against Saudi F-15 SAs under multiple scenarios with different variables.

Preferably, 25 Saudi F-15 SAs and 25 F-16E of UAE coming to Pakistan for the most lethal air-war exercises ever conducted by PAF.

F-15SA is a superior aircraft than MKI on all accounts. PAF's training will go to whole another level if we are able to fight these beasts under minimal ROEs.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Saudi's military is beast. Their navy is the only weak link.

 

[MilSpec]

It has everything you can imagine to have on an F-15.

They have AIM-120C7 BVRAAM, AIM-9X Sidewinder, IRIS-ts, Meteors, Harpoon Block II, HARMs, GBUs, JDAMs, JHMCS, Sniper, G-DB-10, AESA radar and an internal EW suite.

No Litening III?

 

[Jungibaaz]

That right there is the strongest fleet of any aircraft in their immediate region, spanning all the way past our own.
Another 10 years of superior training and working alongside other airforces with combat experience, RSAF is well on it's way.

 

[Indus Falcon]

No Litening III?

No they will be using Lockheed's AN/AAQ-33 Sniper Targeting Pods

 

[a hashmi]

Question:
Would the USA provide such advanced planes to any Muslim nation without a kill switch? I would find it very difficult to believe else wise...

 

[al-Hasani]

It has been long underway.

تدشين أول طائرة ( f-15sa) للقوات الجوية الملكية السعودية

Boeing Presents First F-15SA of Saudi Arms Package | Aviation International News

KSA is already a regional power, among the 20 biggest economies and all future prognosis show KSA as a future top 15 economical power. The future is bright and KSA is going nowhere in this department but only forward..

 

[Kompromat]

No Litening III?

Sniper XP

 

[Aepsilons]

Lo and behold this beauty.

Beautiful aircraft !

Lo and behold this beauty.

Hello my friend @Aeronaut ,

How many will the RSAF acquire? Beautiful and powerful bird, indeed.

 

[elszADaQ]

It has everything you can imagine to have on an F-15.

They have AIM-120C7 BVRAAM, AIM-9X Sidewinder, IRIS-ts, Meteors, Harpoon Block II, HARMs, GBUs, JDAMs, JHMCS, Sniper, G-DB-10, AESA radar and an internal EW suite.

You forgot to mention the CBU-105 cluster munition which can take out 40 ISIS vehicles convoy with one shot.

 

[Indus Falcon]

You forgot to mention the CBU-105 cluster munition which can take out a 40 vehicle ISIS convoy with one shot.

Mentioned in post #9, with other details as well!!

 

[elszADaQ]

Transmittal No:
10-43
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2010 – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Saudi Arabia of:

84 F-15SA Aircraft
170 APG-63(v)3 Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar
(AESA) radar sets
193 F-110-GE-129 Improved Performance Engines
100 M61 Vulcan Cannons
100 Link-16 Multifunctional Information Distribution
System/Low Volume Terminal (MIDS/LVT) and spares
193 LANTIRN Navigation Pods (3rd Generation-Tiger Eye)
338 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS)
462 AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles (NVGS)
300 AIM-9X SIDEWINDER Missiles
25 Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM-9X)
25 Special Air Training Missiles (NATM-9X)
500 AIM-120C/7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air
Missiles (AMRAAM)
25 AIM-120 CATMs
1,000 Dual Mode Laser/Global Positioning System (GPS)
Guided Munitions (500 lb)
1,000 Dual Mode Laser/GPS Guided Munitions (2000 lb)
1,100 GBU-24 PAVEWAY III Laser Guided Bombs (2000 lb)
1,000 GBU-31B V3 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM)
(2000 lb)
1,300 CBU-105D/B Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW)/Wind
Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD)
50 CBU-105 Inert
1,000 MK-82 500lb General Purpose Bombs
6,000 MK-82 500lb Inert Training Bombs
2,000 MK-84 2000lb General Purpose Bombs
2,000 MK-84 2000lb Inert Training Bombs
200,000 20mm Cartridges
400,000 20mm Target Practice Cartridges
400 AGM-84 Block II HARPOON Missiles
600 AGM-88B HARM Missiles
169 Digital Electronic Warfare Systems (DEWS)
158 AN/AAQ-33 Sniper Targeting Systems
169 AN/AAS-42 Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Systems
10 DB-110 Reconnaissance Pods
462 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System Helmets
40 Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receivers
(ROVER)
Saudi Arabia – F-15SA Aircraft | The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency

There is an Additional 6.8 billions $ deal from 2013 including
- 650 of the Boeing-manufactured SLAM-ERs
- 973 Joint Standoff Weapons, made by Raytheon
-400 additional BLK2 harpoons
-1000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs and more...
U.S. To Sell $10.8 Billion In Missiles To Saudi Arabia, UAE

 

[airmarshal]

Oh my God! What a powerful platform. Congrats Saudi Arabia. @al-Hasani @Yzd Khalifa

 

[Arabian Legend]

Beautiful aircraft !




Hello my friend @Aeronaut ,

How many will the RSAF acquire? Beautiful and powerful bird, indeed.

84 F-15SA and the current F-15S are being upgraded in KSA to the same stander. The total number would be 154 F-15SA and 78 F-15C that brings the number to 154+78=232 F-15.

Tornado = 87

Typhoon = 72 in which 44 have already been received. The rest is coming, two each month.