The 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron executed the first combat tactical ferry mission for the F-15E Strike Eagle platform, enabling the six-ship…
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495th Fighter Squadron, the first USAF overseas-based F-35A unit, will be called the “Valkyries”
by Dario LeoneThe first F-35As are scheduled to arrive at RAF Lakenheath in late 2021. The base was selected to host the first…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
F-15E stenciled with 1st Lt. Kenneth “Kage” Allen’s name honors fallen Lakenheath F-15C pilot and remembers him and his family’s sacrifice
by Dario LeoneAllen was piloting an F-15C Eagle during a training mission when his plane crashed into the North Sea on Jun. 15,…
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Raytheon Trophy awarded to Lakenheath F-15 Eagles for the fourth time in a row
by Dario Leone“They should just call it the Liberty Trophy from here on out,” 48th Fighter Wing Commander Col. William Marshall. The 493rd…
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MiG KillersMilitary Aviation
The Story of the ‘wrong’ MiG-29 Kill Markings applied to USAF F-15C Jets after Operation Allied Force
by Dario LeoneThe three 493rd FS “Grim Reaper” pilots that shot down the Fulcrums were Lt Col Cesar “Rico” Rodriguez, Capt Mike “Dozer”…
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Video Shows 492nd FS F-15E Pilot Displaying Texas Tech University in the Cockpit during Low Level Pass in the Mach Loop
by Dario LeoneThe clip features the final flight of an F-15E driver who was a pupil of Texas Tech University. The cool video…
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Super Cool Video Features Cockpit GoPro View of USAF F-15E Strike Eagle WSO
by Dario LeoneThe cool backseat cockpit GoPro video in this post features the WSO in a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle, belonging to 492nd…
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Cold War EraMilitary AviationSR-71 BlackbirdSR-71 Top Speed
That time a Blackbird pilot revealed SR-71’s True Top Speed
by Dario Leone“You know the part in ‘High Flight’—where it talks about putting out your hand to touch the face of God? Well,…
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The F-15s joined B-52 Stratofortress bombers and F-35A stealth fighters already deployed to the Middle East as well as USS Abraham…
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The sad story of ‘Karma 52’, the only F-111 lost during Operation El Dorado Canyon
by Dario LeoneThe F-111F 70-2389 (callsign ‘Karma 52’), the sixth aircraft on Bab al-Aziza target, vanished in unexplained circumstances. On Apr. 14, 1986,…
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