Intelligence and Defense Reafirms Kenya Airforce Will Opt F-15 Fighters

An F-15C Eagle prepares to refuel mid Air

An F-15's high thrust-to-weight ratio and low wing loading let it shoot off the ground at a sharp angle.

The F-15 Strike Eagle (bottom) carries a number of air-to-ground weapons in addition to the air-to-air weapons you'll find on an F-15C

Intelligence and defense
experts in Kenya will take
F-15 fighter jets to upgrade
the current fleet of F-5
fighters.

Previous reports and
intelligence news on the
acquisition of new jets for
Kenya airforce were based on
the military assessment on
which aircraft suited them
best.
Various types of air defense
air crafts ‘(fighter jets) have
been reviewed at air force
facilities including Embakasi
and Laikipia airbase to verify
various aspects of the
operational context and the
F-15 has been the most
compatible with current KDF
control and support
resources.

The Boeing F-15 Eagle
remains world’s best
interceptor fighters and
primary air-superiority
fighter.
It is a large, light twin-
engined aircraft with high,
shoulder-mounted fixed-
geometry swept wings and
twin tails and can carry up to
16,000 pounds of bombs, fuel
tanks, and missiles
The F-15 fits KDF transition
from the F-5 platform based
on a number of factors such
as radar control and support
systems besides weather and
air defense monitoring
systems.
The F-15 will fit in an
upgraded F-5 environment
thats why various types of
upgrades have been ongoing
in Laikipia airbase and the
Wajir airbase which the KDF
will use as a second air force
main base.
The F-15 fighter jet is all
weather night and day fighter
bomber with a track record of
zero defeat and superior
avionics in comparison with
any other fighter aircraft such
as the Russian Sukhoi.
It uses the Northrop
Grumman Electronic Systems
AN/ALQ-131 electronic
countermeasures pod also
used by the F-5 fighter.

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