The initial version, designated F-15A for the single-seat configuration and F-15B for the twin-seat, would be powered by new Pratt & Whitney F100 engines to achieve a combat thrust-to-weight ratio   more...in excess of 1 to 1. A proposed 25mm Ford-Philco GAU-7 cannon with caseless ammunition was dropped in favor of the standard M61 Vulcan gun due to development problems. The F-15 retained conformal carriage of 4 Sparrow missiles like the Phantom. The fixed wing was put onto a flat, wide fuselage that also provided an effective wing lifting surface. Some questioned if the zoom performance of the F-15 with Sparrow missiles was enough to deal with the new threat of the high-flying MiG-25 Foxbat; its capability would eventually be demonstrated in combat.

The F-15 has a "look down, shoot down" radar that can distinguish low-flying moving targets from ground clutter. The F-15 would use computer technology and new controls and displays to lower pilot workload and require only one pilot to save weight. Unlike the F-14 or F-4, the F-15 has only a single canopy frame with clear vision forward. The USAF introduced the F-15 as "the first dedicated USAF air superiority fighter since the F-86 Sabre.[1]

The F-15 would be favored by customers such as Israel and Japan, and the development of the F-15E Strike Eagle would produce a strike fighter that would replace the F-111. However, criticism from the fighter mafia that the F-15 was too large to be a dedicated dogfighter, and too expensive to procure in large numbers to replace the F-4 and A-7, led to the Light Weight Fighter (LWF) program, which led to the USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon and the middle-weight Navy F/A-18 Hornet.
, the F-15 in all air forces has an air-to-air combined kill record of 104 kills to 0 losses in air combat (at least as confirmed by its users, and excluding the case of a Japanese F-15J that shot down another F-15J in 1995 due to an AIM-9 Sidewinder safety malfunction during air-to-air combat training with live weapons). The US and Israel maintain that to date, the air superiority versions of the F-15 (F-15A/B/C/D models) have never been shot down by an enemy.
Over half of the F-15's kills were made by Israeli Air Force pilots. In 1979–81 during Israeli-Lebanese border disputes, F-15As downed 13 Syrian MiG-21 'Fishbeds' and 2 Syrian MiG-25 'Foxbats', the latter being the aircraft the F-15 was designed to kill. In the 1982 Lebanon War, the Israeli F-15s shot down 40 Syrian jet fighters (23 MiG-21 'Fishbeds' and 17 MiG-23 'Floggers') and 1 Syrian SA.342L Gazelle helicopter.  less

combat training

F15 & P51s Heritage Flight at Mildenhall encore - from the left. See how overcast the sky is. MAF was always subject to the variable weather of East Anglia. I have been there when it was a monsoon   more...one year and scorching the next.  less

Special clip I filmed at the MAF nearly ten years ago I reckon. Features a single F15C Eagle accompanied by a pair of P51 Mustangs in the 'Heritage Flight'. I love these mixed formations - the sight and   more...sound is breathtaking. It illustrates how large the F15C - in some respects the modern equivalent to the WW2 P51 - actually is.  less

RIAT RAF Fairford 2007 » F15 Eagle

United States Airforce F-15's and F-16's putting the hurt on those that oppose.

AWACS at Waddington - failry long piece shows inside of this incredible plane as it controls various NATO planes such as F15 and ADV Tornado.

Heritage Flight F15C lands - I think it was borrowed from nearby Lakenheath - notice the high angle and airbrake. Gives a nice view of the car park too!

try again , some great aerial shots , explosions , demolitions ....usual stuff

Terrible!!

F16 and F15E Launch From Mildenhall - talk about being in the right place at the right time. The F15E's pitch up is breathtaking - and the camcorder was working! Put it on and turn up the volume!

US Air Force USA Nightwish

Extract from a documentary showing how technology is helping defeat heat-seeking air-to-air missiles includes low-level jets like F16 and Meteor etc.

The Boeing F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Falcon are both all-weather tactical fighters designed from the ground-up for air superiority, used my the USAF and their allies.

Assorted combat aircraft strafe targets and drop inert bombs on targets at '07 Georgia Turkey Shoot at Townsend Range, Georgia.

Peace Propaganda & The Promised Land 5/8

F-15 MidAir VDO/Audio from CockPit