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The Boeing F-15EX Eagle II is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle.The aircraft resulted from the U.S. Department of Defense's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (OSD CAPE) study in 2018 to recapitalize the aging F-15C/D fleet due to inadequate numbers of F-22s, delays in the F-35 program, and maintaining diversity in the U ...
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle was introduced by the USAF to replace its fleet of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs.Unlike the F-4, the F-15 was designed for air superiority with little consideration for a ground-attack role; the F-15 Special Project Office opposed the idea of F-15s performing interdiction, giving rise to the phrase "Not a pound for air to ground."
Israeli F-15 "Baz" The Israeli Air Force has operated F-15s since 1977, received under Peace Fox I, II and III. These aircraft are currently organized into two F-15A/B/C/D squadrons and one F-15I squadron. The first 25 F-15A/Bs were early USAF production airframes.
Cherbourg Project (1969) – Israeli military action involving the escape of five missile boats from the French port of Cherbourg. Shelling on Lebanon (1970) – Israel retaliated the Avivim school bus massacre by shelling four Lebanese villages, killing 20 people, injuring 40, and spurring thousands of southern Lebanon's residents to flee ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israeli Air and Space Arm זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל Emblem of the Israeli Air and Space Arm Founded May 28, 1948 ; 76 years ago (1948-05-28) Country Israel Type Air force Space force Role Aerial warfare Space warfare Size 34,000 active personnel 55,000 reserve personnel 608 ...
The Israeli military has enlisted the first batch of about 50 recruits into its new ultra-Orthodox brigade after a controversial decision to end their decades-long exemption from service.
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing).Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force (USAF) selected McDonnell Douglas's design in 1969 to meet the service's need for a dedicated air superiority fighter.
The Israeli D9R bulldozers weigh roughly 62 tonnes and are four metres tall and wide, and eight metres long. In 2015, they were upgraded with “slat armour”, also known as cage or bar armour ...