Although the time-to-climb record is a sporting affair today, in its execution it is remindful of Royal Air Force missions during World War II, when German formations crossed the English Channel ...

The press release does not specify what the new record is. The F-15 platform previously broke as many as eight world-time-to-climb records.

In 1975, the F-15A – flown here from Edwards Air Force Base in California – rose to more than 98,000 feet in three minutes and 27.8 seconds, setting a world time-to-climb record for aircraft ...

49 years later, the F-15 Streak Eagle record at Grand Forks Air Force Base is still a story of air dominance Nearly five decades later, ... to break vertical time-to-climb records. ...

What You Need to Know: With an impressive combat record of 104-0, the American-made F-15 Eagle is renowned for its speed, maneuverability, and lethal firepower.Originating from the Vietnam War era ...

But the F-15 could do even better than that, and was used to break multiple records, including eight time-to-climb records that were held by the Soviet MiG-25. Happy 50th Anniversary to the F-15!