Primary function: Air-to-ground attack aircraft
Builder: McDonnell Douglas Corp.
Power plant: Two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 or 229 turbofan engines with afterburners
Thrust: 25,000 - 29,000 pounds each engine
Wingspan: 42.8 feet (13 meters)
Length: 63.8 feet (19.44 meters)
Height: 18.5 feet (5.6 meters)
Speed: Mach 2.5 plus
Maximum takeoff weight: 81,000 pounds (36,450 kilograms)
Service ceiling: 50,000 feet (15,000 meters)
Combat ceiling: 35,000 feet (10,500 meters)
Range: 2,400 miles (3,840 kilometers) ferry range with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks
Armament: One 20mm multibarrel gun mounted internally with 500 rounds of ammunition. Four AIM-7F/M Sparrow missiles and four AIM-9L/M Sidewinder missiles, or eight AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles. Any air-to-surface weapon in the Air Force inventory (nuclear and conventional)
Crew: Pilot and weapon systems officer
Unit cost: $31.1 million 

• Salthill Airshow 1998 - Two F15E Strike Eagles

• USAF F15E Strike Eagle Fact Sheet. 
• Visit the Lakenheath Air Base Website.  Lakenheath is the home base of the U.S Air Force 494th Fighter Squadron (The Black Panthers), operators of the F-15E Strike Eagles that appeared at the 1998 airshow. The F15E's were flown on the day by Capt Damsker and Capt Ruby.