1. Read the text and write out the words and word combinations you don`t know, try to guess their meaning from the context. Compare your notes with your partners.

to penetrate identification friend or foe

conformal fuel tank electronic warfare system

threat warning system engine throttle

a head-up display deep interdiction mission

ground clutter redundant

air intake trunk control stick

dogfight to acquire the aircraft

2. Read the text while reading find out the necessary information and fill in the following table.

Comprehension Check

1. Read the following statements. Say weather they are true; if not, correct them.

1) The weapons and flight control systems are designed so five pilots can safely and effectively perform air-to-air combat.

2) The F-15 Eagle is an all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter.

3) Its maneuverability and acceleration are achieved through aspect ratio and low wing loading.

4) The head-up display projects on the windscreen only a small amount of information gathered by the integrated avionics system.

5) The radar feeds target information into central computer for effective weapons delivery.

6) The F-15`s electronic warfare system provides only threat warning and doesn`t provide automatic countermeasures against selected threats.

7) The Eagle can be armed with combinations of one air-to-air weapon - AIM-7F/M Sparrow missiles.

8) Low-drag, conformal fuel tanks were especially developed for the F-15C and models.

9) Conformal fuel tanks reduce the need for in-flight refueling on global missions and crease time in the combat area.

10) The F-15E is a two-seat, dual-role, totally integrated fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and deep interdiction missions.

2. Ask questions to which the following sentences are the answers. Remember to use "wh" words: why, what, where, when. Work in groups.

1. ____designed to permit the Air Force to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat.

2. ____through a mixture of unprecedented maneuverability and acceleration, range, weapons and avionics.

3. ____ the weapons and flight control systems.

4. ____ it sets-the F-15 apart from other fighter aircraft.

5. ____ projects on the windscreen all essential flight information gathered by the integrated avionics system.

6. ____The F-15`s versatile pulse - Doppler radar system.

7. ____ enemy aircraft.

8. ____both threat warning and automatic countermeasures against selected threats.

9. ____ enables the pilot to perform aerial combat safely and effectively.

10. ____ when the pilot changes one weapon system to another.

11. ____ with combinations of four different air-to-air weapons.

12. ____ low-drag, conformal fuel tanks.

13. ____ about 114 cubic feet of usable space.

14. ____ the digital, triple redundant flight control system.

15. ____ a high resolution APG-70 radar and low altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night pods.