F-15 S/MTD

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F-15S/MTD

ORIGIN: (Real World) United States of America

GAMES FEATURED IN: Ace Combat 2 Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception

OPERATORS: Aurelian Air Force Belkan Air Force Erusian Air Force Independent State Allied Air Force Osean Air Defense Force Special Tactical Fighter Squadron "Scarface" Usean Rebel Force Ustian Air Force Yuktobanian Air Force

ACE SQUADRONS/PILOT: Z.O.E. General / URF (AC2) Halley / FEAF (AC04) Grabacr / BAF (AC5) 8492nd TFS / OADF (AC5) Sorcerer Squadron / OADF (AWWNB) (ACZ) Wabicht / BAF (ACZ) Wuerger / BAF (ACZ) Ofnir / BAF (ACZ) Comet / LAF (ACX)

VARIANTS: F-15 ACTIVE (one seat version, AC04) F-15S (early single seat version; used by the Usean Rebel Forces) F-15S/MT (one seat. non-thrust vectored GRDF version)

WEAPONS: Gun / one M61A2 20mm Vulcan Cannon Standard Missiles / AIM-9M Sidewinder FAEB / CBU-72/B (AC04) BLU-73/B Fuel-Air-Explosive (AC5/ACZ/ACX) SOD / [unknown type] (ACZ) AGM-154 JSOW (Joint Standoff Weapon) (ACX) XMAA / AIM-120 AMRAAM (AC04/AC5) XLAA / MBDA Meteor (ACZ/ACX)

ACE COMBAT 2 STATS: Power: 90 Defense: 60 Mobility: 80 Stability: 30 Climbing Ability: 100 Air-to-Air: 80 Air-to-Ground: 80

ACE COMBAT 5 STATS: Speed: 83 Mobility: 89 Stability: 81 Defense: 66 Air-to-Air: 94 Air-to-Ground: 58

ACE COMBAT ZERO STATS: Speed: 83 Mobility: 89 Stability: 81 Defense: 66 Air-to-Air: 94 Air-to-Ground: 58

BIO: The F-15S/MTD (STOL/Maneuverability Technology Demonstrator) is an experimental technology demonstrator employed by NASA and built off of an F-15B airframe, initially used to test advancements in super-maneuverability and short take off and landing technologies. Initially funded as a military experiment, the F-15S/MTD was eventually aquisitioned by NASA and modified with multi-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles and ACTIVE (Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles) technologies, meant to improve aircraft control and survivability in combat. The aircraft was easily capable of pulling Pugachev's Cobra maneuver, and in its S/MTD form, was equipped with thrust reversers, able to slow the aircraft down in a fraction of the time compared to conventionally equipped fighters. It managed a rotation speed of just 42MPH, and could land on a runway only a fraction the size of that required by the F-15C. By 1991 the project had ended in its S/MTD form and was deemed a success, and the technologies pioneered in the program would eventually be adapted to serve with the joint U.S./German X-31 program, and ultimately the F-22 Raptor program and its offshoot contemporaries.

The F-15S/MT (sometimes omitting the "D"), in its numerous Ace Combat incarnations, has only just recently received a consistent design. In Ace Combat 2, a unique variant christened only "F-15S", looking to incorporate low-observable structures (Raptor-style engine nozzles, rounded off forward fuselage, modified wing and tail section) and a single-seat cockpit was used. Ace Combat 3's variant, the "F-15S/MT Eagle+" incorporated a single-seat COFFIN, redesigned canards, and traditional rounded nozzles, omitting the aircraft's signature thrust vector control. In Ace Combat 04, a single-seat variant of the S/MTD was used, known only as the F-15 ACTIVE (despite not incorporating the design features of the ACTIVE variant) but otherwise stayed faithful to the S/MTD's design. Following Ace Combat 5, each successor game has depicted the S/MTD with its traditional dual seat.

SOURCES: The Ace Combat Series www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia