Northrop F-15 Reporter - Variants

Variants

XF-15

The first prototype, converted from the first XP-61E.

XF-15A

The second prototype, converted from a P-61C (number 43-8335).

F-15A Reporter

Photoreconnaissance variant with a new center pod with pilot and camera operator seated in tandem under a single bubble canopy, and six cameras taking place of radar in the nose. Powered by the same turbosupercharged R-2800-73 engines as the P-61C. The aircraft had a takeoff weight of 32,145 lb (14,580 kg) and a top speed of 440 mph (382 kn, 708 km/h). Only 36 of the 175 ordered F-15As were built before the end of the war. After formation of the United States Air Force in 1947, F-15A was redesignated RF-61C. F-15As were responsible for most of the aerial maps of North Korea used at the start of the Korean War.

RF-61C Reporter

USAF designation for the F-15C from 1948 onwards.