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The Real Top Guns | Iranian F-14 Aces
In the early 1970s, the Imperial Iranian Air Force - as it was then known - sought to procure new fighters to combat potential threats, particularly that posed by the new MiG-25. The new MiG’s ...
In this shot we see an F-15 Eagle locked by an F-14 Tomcat, with a separation of about 250 feet, with piper on the Eagle’s pilot, gun selected and master arm on. F-14 Pilot Joe “Hoser ...
The Strike Eagle needs two crew members, a pilot and a weapons system officer. The F-15E model is designed as a dual-role fighter as it can engage targets in the air and on the ground.
The two-seater version of the F-15 Eagle, the F-15E Strike Eagle ... The "E" model also has an internally mounted 20mm gun that can carry up to 500 rounds. The F-15's superior maneuverability and ...
The F-15 has been built over many years in successive generations, representing updated models. The first of them was the F-15A/B, followed by the F-15C/D and the final F-15E Strike Eagle, which ...
F-15 Strike Eagle is seen here doing a hard left bank after a refueling mission over the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility.
Interesting footage shows a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15J using its M61 gun. On Jun. 20, some 24 hours before Japan's military was put on alert for a possible North Korean ballistic missile ...
The result was an F-15 with a substantially reduced radar cross-section and most of the air-combat prowess of its namesake — but at around $100 million per Silent Eagle ($145 million today), the ...
An F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet assigned to Strike Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU) shoots out flares during Gunsmoke over the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nev., May 15, 2019. (U.S. Air Force ...
The F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle stand as some of the most iconic and successful fighter jets in the world with a top speed over Mach 2 ... 12.7mm GAU-16 machine gun, 7.62mm machine guns, ...
But the Eagle's large, beefy frame, two seater capability, and powerful engines made a multi-role version of the F-15 an attractive prospect, and the F-15E "Strike Eagle" was born. Silent Eagle is ...