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F100

Fighter engine family used by F-15 and F-16 aircraft.

by Pratt & Whitney

FieldedEngineAirFirst flightJul 27, 1972
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A Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engine on a maintenance stand at RAF Lakenheath, with an airman inspecting the fan

Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Emerson Nunez · Public domain (PD-USGov)

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  1. First flightConfirmed

    F100 powers first F-15 flight

    NASA’s contemporary F-15A profile lists the F100-PW-100 powerplant and July 27, 1972 first flight. The scanned table OCR renders the model as Fl00-PW-100.

The latest 10 milestones. Solid entries are confirmed, outlined reported, dashed estimated or still to come; dotted italic entries are speculative. Dates show only the precision the sources give.

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