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After passing its latest test with flying colors, the F-15EX is living up to the name “Super Eagle.” Here’s what makes the F-15EX the most heavily armed jet.

This Mcdonnel-Douglas F-15A Eagle was very much still in active military service when the Air Heritage Museum in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, opened its doors in 1986. Somehow, someway, 35 years ...

However, the original F-15A/B was replaced by the F-15C/D in 1979 with its superior maneuverability, power, range, weapons, and avionics. The F-15E Strike Eagle then entered service in September ...

In 1985, a F-15A Eagle fitted with a classified missile shot down an aging weather satellite. The test of the Anti-Satellite (ASAT) was considered a huge success.

For nearly three decades, the F-15 Eagle fighter was considered the undisputed king of the skies. Until the debut of its replacement, the F-22 Raptor, the F-15 was the U.S. Air Force’s frontline ...

Key point: The USAF bought its last F-15 in 2001, but foreign sales have kept Boeing’s production line humming since. For nearly three decades, the F-15 Eagle fighter was considered the ...

The F-15 fighter jet, nicknamed the Eagle, had its first test flight in 1972, and it may soon be retired.

Airmen at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada were going to repaint an F-15A Eagle to celebrate the Air Force’s 70th birthday this year, but they instead decided to honor those affected by last ...

In 1985, an ailing solar observation satellite in orbit over 300 miles above the Earth was the target of a United States Air Force F-15A armed with a ...