F-15C Eagle

Cool video shows 5 F-15C/D Eagle Air superiority fighters doing 5 unrestricted climbs on Nov. 5

Cool video shows 5 F-15C/D Eagle Air superiority fighters doing 5 unrestricted climbs on Nov. 5

Taken on Nov. 5, 2021 at RAF Lakenheath the cool video in this post, features five F-15 Eagle air superiority… Read More

2 years ago

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

‘At about two miles I looked once again, but I was no longer thinking about taking a pre-merge shot, so… Read More

2 years ago

Lakenheath prepares to bid farewell to 493rd FS F-15Cs with “The King” Last Flight after having activated USAF first Europe-based F-35A Squadron

With the arrival of the F-35As, 493rd FS’ F-15Cs will leave for good. The 48th Fighter Wing has activated the… Read More

2 years ago

Video and Photo of “retired” F-117 stealth fighters training with 144th FW F-15C Eagle fighter jets

As the video and the photo in this post show the stealth jets are currently training with the 144th FW… Read More

2 years ago

Eglin F-15C Eagle # 82-0025 flew final flight honoring fallen Eagle pilot. An F-15EX will replace the Jet 025.

The retirement flight of F-15C Eagle # 82-0025 recognized Maj. James Duricy, on the F-15 that replaced his aircraft lost… Read More

2 years ago

For the first time, an F-15C has shot down a QF-16 with an AIM-120 cued by Legion Pod IRST

The 85th TES conducted the first-ever live fire of an AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile from an F-15C Eagle using a… Read More

2 years ago

The Hungarian Air Force female Mi-24 pilot who scored two simulated gun kills against US Air National Guard F-15C Eagle fighter jets

A few times, Lt. Éva ‘Vivi’ Horváth, the female pilot of one of the Mi-24V’s was able to keep a… Read More

2 years ago

The strange case of the first kills scored by RSAF (or USAF?) F-15 pilots

Following the interception of radio traffic between the F-15s and the AWACS, Iran later claimed — logically — that the… Read More

2 years ago

Mission capable rates of USAF fighters rise in 2020, led by F-35A. F-15E’s mission capable rate declined.

The F-35A’s MC rates soared, and rates even improved for the F-15C, which the service is anxious to divest because… Read More

3 years ago

USAF conducted final flight test of F-15C Eagle Infrared Search and Track Legion Pod at Ex. Northern Edge 21

Northern Edge was a “graduation” test event for F-15C Eagle Infrared Search and Track Legion Pod, prior to fielding. As… Read More

3 years ago

‘We are going to be flying the F-15EX soon and it’s going to be awesome!’ 173rd FW Commander on transition from F-15C to F-15EX

It was announced in August 2020 that the 173rd Fighter Wing will begin transitioning as the F-15EX formal training unit… Read More

3 years ago

F-15C MiG-29 Killer gets new nose art

The nose art graphic is roughly 6 feet by 4 feet, featured on both sides of the F-15, and appears… Read More

3 years ago

[Video] F-15EX performs first flight, paving the way for the delivery of the first two jets to the USAF later this year

The F-15EX completes 90-minute test flight. As the interesting video in this post shows, the new Boeing F-15EX fighter jet… Read More

3 years ago

Cool photos show “The King,” the last of the 48th FW’s Heritage F-15 aircraft, in the green light of the Aurora Borealis

The F-15C Eagle, painted in the traditional allied invasion stripe scheme, ice blue tails, and the distinct markings of the… Read More

3 years ago

Eagles Flying over New York: the emotional story of Massachusetts Air National Guard’s F-15 pilots who became the first military response to 9/11 attacks

As Lt. Col. Tim Duffy, and Maj. Dan Nash flew south new information was being relayed from the FAA. They… Read More

3 years ago

USAF most probably won’t buy 144 F-15EXs

The deal provides up to $22.89 billion for F-15EX work, but the dollar figure was described by a USAF spokeswoman… Read More

3 years ago