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After the Gulf War no-fly zones were established over the northern and southern parts of Iraq. Operation Northern Watch (ONW) was launched to enforce the northern no-fly zone. Being a dual role fighter, the F-15E's not only conducted CAP's but they sometimes executed so pre-planned retaliatory ground strikes called Response Options (RO's) or (at the beginning at least) spontaneous retaliatory strikes, whenever an Iraqi anti-aircraft unit attacked coalition jets. RO's were pre-planned well in advance and in many cases their target was not the same anti-aircraft site which executed the attack at the first place. ONW lasted for more than 10 years and evolved as a general container of all aerial operations aimed at keeping the peace in Northern Iraq. F-15E's flew 3-4 combat missions and 1-2 training missions per week as an average. Initially the 492nd FS (Madhatters) started ONW but soon they were rotated and almost all F-15E units received ample opportunity to try themselves in combat missions. During enforcing no-fly zones no A/A ordnance were used, however retaliatory strikes required the use of laser guided bombs or sometimes AGM-130's. Besides LANTIRN systems, the Litening II targeting pod was also tried during ONW. Loadout #1 - No-Fly Zone AThis loadout is a mixed A/A and A/G. An array of A/A missiles are used (AIM-120 AMRAAM's included, which newly entered into operational service on the F-15E at that time), plus 2 GBU-12's for pre-planned retaliatory strikes. The emphasis here is on the A/A role, A/G ordnance is minimal. Drop tanks are used as well for longer range and patrol time.
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Loadout #2 - No-Fly Zone BThis loadout is a mixed A/A and A/G. An array of A/A missiles are used (AIM-120 AMRAAM's included, which newly entered into operational service on the F-15E at that time), plus 2 GBU-12's for pre-planned retaliatory strikes. The emphasis here is on the A/A role, A/G ordnance is minimal. Drop tanks are used as well for longer range and patrol time.
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| Módosítás dátuma: 2011. május 31. kedd |
In this article we present 2 typical F-15E Strike Eagle loadout configurations used in Operation 'Northern Watch' (ONW).
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