F-15SA
Advanced Fighter Aircraft Takes Wing
On 20 February 2013, an F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft destined for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) made a successful first flight out of Boeing’s St. Louis,
Missouri facility. The flight went as planned,
meeting all test objectives to support the on-
schedule development of this new version of
the F- 15 Eagle. The F-15SA flight test program
will include three instrumented F-15SAs flying
out Boeing facilities in St. Louis and Palmdale,
California. Deliveries of the new F-15SA aircraft
to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are scheduled
to begin in 2015 and conclude by 2019 when
the last of 84 F-15SAs is to be delivered.
This new version of the F- 15 Eagle features
a Fly-By-Wire flight control system, enhanced
situational awareness and increased
survivability at a lower life-cycle cost, avionics
advancements including a Digital Electronic
Warfare Suite, an Infrared Search and Track
system, and an Active Electronically Scanned
Array radar. It has two additional weapon
stations to provide its payload capacity.
Its tandem seat cockpit features advanced
displays and Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing
Systems. —Steve Pace
Chanute Air Museum
Louisiana Heatwave P-51H
Continues to Shine
Under the expert gUidance of Mustang Restoration
Project director norman Meyers an already beautiful P-51h
lightweight Mustang continues to undergo a meticulous and
comprehensive restoration at the Chanute Air Museum in
Rantoul, illinois. every detail under the skin of this rather rare
Mustang is being honed to perfection by dedicated crew chief
Curt Arseneau and norman “Mustanger” Meyers.
This particular P-51h commemorates the lightweight
Mustang flown postwar by World War ii ace ( 10. 3 kills) Captain
Claude J. Crenshaw when he was assigned to the 15th Air Force,
82nd Fighter Group, 62nd Fighter Squadron at Grenier Army Air
Field in new hampshire. his P-51h-5-nA (44-64195) carried
Photo Cou RteSy oF ChAnute AiR MuSeuM viA “MuStAnGeR”
