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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."
391st Fighter Squadron (F-15E) 428th Fighter Squadron mixed USAF/RSAF unit for training RSAF personnel on the new F-15SG (Peace Carvin V) 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (F-15E) 455th Air Expeditionary Wing – Bagram AB, Afghanistan (F-15E) Air Education and Training Command. 56th Fighter Wing – Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base, Oregon
The F-100s remained with the 333rd until 1960 when it was upgraded to the Republic F-105B Thunderchief. During the Cuban Missile Crisis , the squadron was deployed to McCoy Air Force Base , Florida, ready to react at a moments notice for possible combat over Cuba .
F-15E [561] MO: 391st Fighter Squadron: Bold Tigers [562] Air Combat Command: Fifteenth Air Force: 366 FW: 1 June 1943 Mountain Home AFB, Idaho: F-15E [563] MO: 421st Fighter Squadron: Black Widows [564] Air Combat Command: Fifteenth Air Force: 388 FW: 1 May 1943 [565] Hill AFB, Utah: F-35A [566] HL: 425th Fighter Squadron: Black Widows [567 ...
A pilot assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing prepares to fly an F-15E Strike Eagle at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C., on Thursday, March 22, 2023.
In 1988 the 4th TFW began transitioning to the F-15E Strike Eagle. The first F-15E arrived on 29 December 1988, and the 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron became the first operational F-15E squadron in the Air Force on 1 October 1989. The transition from the F-4E to the F-15E was completed on 1 July 1991, making the 4th TFW the first operational F ...
437th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-89H, AF Ser. No. 54–0310 in 1956 437th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-101B, AF Ser. No. 57-0434 in 1967 The 414th Fighter Group (Air Defense) was activated in 1955 at Oxnard Air Force Base , California [ 2 ] as part of Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units ...
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