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F-15 pilot recalls blacking out after sustaining 8.5/9G’s for more than a minute in mock dogfight Vs another Eagle

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

F-15 pilot recalls blacking out after sustaining 8.5/9G’s for more than a minute in mock dogfight Vs another Eagle

Dario Leone

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The story of why Israeli Air Force Picked the F-15 over the F-14

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

The story of why Israeli Air Force Picked the F-15 over the F-14

Dario Leone

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F-15 maintainer tells why although NASA equipped an Eagle with an AIM-54 USAF Never Outfitted its F-15 fleet with the Phoenix

Military Aviation / Weapons

F-15 maintainer tells why although NASA equipped an Eagle with an AIM-54 USAF Never Outfitted its F-15 fleet with the Phoenix

Dario Leone

Aggressors Fulcrums: the Soviet MiG-29 Unit Tasked to Simulate USAF F-15 Fighters

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Aggressors Fulcrums: the Soviet MiG-29 Unit Tasked to Simulate USAF F-15 Fighters

Dario Leone

F-15 Pilot tells how fighting Vs “VIFFing Harriers” taught Eagle crews how to win against fighters with thrust vectoring

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

F-15 Pilot tells how fighting Vs “VIFFing Harriers” taught Eagle crews how to win against fighters with thrust vectoring

Dario Leone

The SR-71 Blackbird was so fast that the F-15 Eagle radar couldn’t see it

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

SR-71 pilot tells why the F-15 radar couldn’t see the Blackbird during Eagle Bait sorties

Linda Sheffield Miller

F-15 Vs F-14 Vs CF-188: the Eagle in DACT against legendary Tomcat crews and why Eagle Pilots liked Fake Canopies on Canadian Hornets

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

F-15 Vs F-14 Vs CF-188: the Eagle in DACT against legendary Tomcat crews and why Eagle Pilots liked Fake Canopies on Canadian Hornets

Dario Leone

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F-104 Pilot recalls scoring five Simulated Kills against an F-15B in a Single Training Mission

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

F-104 Pilot recalls scoring five Simulated Kills against an F-15B in a Single Training Mission

Dario Leone

T-39A Pilot tells when a Saudi Prince arrived in the US to buy F-15s pulled out a Roll of $1,000 Bills and asked him how many he needed to pay for the Sabreliner Fuel

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

T-39A Pilot tells when a Saudi Prince arrived in the US to buy F-15s pulled out a Roll of $1,000 Bills and asked him how many he needed to pay for the Sabreliner Fuel

Dario Leone

F-15 Crew Chief recalls pulling 7.4g during an incentive ride on the Eagle

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

F-15 Crew Chief recalls pulling 7.4g during an incentive ride on the Eagle

Dario Leone

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USAF F-15C pilot who became TOPGUN instructor recalls when he helped the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School to develop tactics to counter the MiG-23 Flogger

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

USAF F-15 pilot recalls intercepting a pilotless Soviet MiG-23 in German Airspace: the Fourth of July Alpha Scramble

Dario Leone

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‘I had been sitting in the ejection seat for 15 hours.’ F-15C pilot recalls flying from Japan to Turkey via Alaska and Azores

Military Aviation

‘I had been sitting in the ejection seat for 15 hours.’ F-15C pilot recalls flying from Japan to Turkey via Alaska and Azores

Dario Leone

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RAF Lightning instructor who became F-15 instructor recalls flying the mighty Eagle on exchange tour with USAF

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

RAF Lightning instructor who became F-15 instructor recalls flying the mighty Eagle on exchange tour with USAF

Dario Leone

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‘I lifted my F-15 right main gear off the tarmac and lifted its right side over an F-16 avoiding collision’. Eagle pilot recalls using differential throttles after hydraulic failure during taxi.

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

‘I lifted my F-15 right main gear off the tarmac and lifted its right side over an F-16 avoiding collision’. Eagle pilot recalls using differential throttles after hydraulic failure during taxi.

Dario Leone

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Irv Burrows, First F-15 Eagle Pilot, Passes Away

Aviation History / Aviation News / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Irv Burrows, First F-15 Eagle Pilot, Passes Away

Dario Leone

USAF F-15C pilot explains how he was able to shoot down an Iraqi MiG 29 without firing a single shot in the only real turning fight of Operation Desert Storm

MiG Killers / Military Aviation

USAF F-15C pilot recalls shooting down Iraqi MiG-29 without firing a single shot in the only real dogfight of Operation Desert Storm

Dario Leone

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USAF F-15 loses canopy at 21K feet, pilot lands safely

Aviation News / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

USAF F-15 loses canopy at 21K feet, pilot lands safely

Dario Leone

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