Pretty cool video. it was full screen I don't know what happen. Press the four way arrow to get it to full screen.

AWESOME video! The F-15 has always been one of my favorite modern warplanes.. along with the the F-16.

O1A, the only way to fly!

 

Oops, am I aging myself again? Damned Alzheimer's!

Anyone go the the US Open last Sunday? Was supposed to be a 1000' fly-by by 4 F-15Es.

 

They were based at EWR

Friggin awesome...but I'd be throwing up so hard!

Silly me, I thought you were talking about the F15 Fantom handgun. I like the jet and the gun!

If i recall the f-15 has never lost a dogfight. 2mins is considered a very long dogfight, and most pilots are extremely fatigued by this point, just goes to show how insane these planes are.

Great video. Thanks.

 

Speaking for myself, the "coolness" factor goes to my all time number one favorite aircraft... the SR-71 Blackbird.

The coolest F15 story ever!

 

personally my favorite warplane is the f-14 but goddamn is that a pretty machine.

personally my favorite warplane is the f-14 but goddamn is that a pretty machine.

 

+1 for the swing wings.

You would love this thread then.. Some guy is putting together a mold for a huge scale f14. I've been following it since 2009.

 

http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=147936

AWESOME video! The F-15 has always been one of my favorite modern warplanes.. along with the the F-16.

 

F-16's are indeed very sexy, but the F-15 can do something the F-16 will never be able to do. Keep flying after it loses an engine!

 

I wish I could get an incentive ride in a fighter. Fighter guys/gals get to fly in heavies all the time. It is only fair!

F-16's are indeed very sexy, but the F-15 can do something the F-16 will never be able to do. Keep flying after it loses an engine!

 

I wish I could get an incentive ride in a fighter. Fighter guys/gals get to fly in heavies all the time. It is only fair!

 

They can't fly for too long, they can limp back to a base. The F-16 while it is my true love as I work on them, falls to second behind the Strike Eagle, those things are so bad ass.

No plane flies well for long after losing half its engines. However they can keep flying to an extent. On the other hand, no plane flies at all after losing all engines. Depending on the plane and weight, some can glide reasonably well. A lawn dart on the other hand, like an F-16...not so much.

F-14 was a great platform--too bad escalating maintenance costs killed it.

 

 

F15 definitely a fantastic fighter, and has proven its adaptability over and over. Continuous updates/enhancements allow an airframe originally designed in the 60's to still compete with more recent fighters.. Strike Eagle, AESA, Silent Eagle.. The F15 ACTIVE stuff is pretty damn cool too (canards and thrust vectoring).

F-15 still is gold standard of air inteceptors worldwide..the F-22 sure is an engineering feat but cant maintain same operational readiness..I was lucky enough to watch the flight that did the US Open leave EWR last week..the third guy gave us a treat and did a full afterburner tactical departure..stood that sucker on its tail..noise set off car alarms.. Freeking sweet..sound of freedom

I was in DC for Reagan's funeral, there was a 21 F15 fly-over. The lead aircraft in the last formation pulled vertical directly over my head. I could actually feel heat as I stared directly into the afterburners. I will never forget that image or that awsome sound!

Thanks for posting the videos guys. Fantastic! I love all of the US fighters, even some of the russian made fighters too.

F15 in US Air Force hands is proven unbeatable. F22 may be superior from a strategic standpoint but it is proven to be unproven.

 

Not a criticism of the F22 in the slightest. Just that it is simply known that the US Air Force F15 can't be beat by any current potential enemies.

I don't know how or when. But flying in a fighter is on my bucket list.

Just that it is simply known that the US Air Force F15 can't be beat by any current potential enemies.

 

There are some SU-27/35 pilots that beg to differ. The F15 is a fanstic fighter but the modern Russian fighters can't be dismissed so quickly. The Su-35BM, for example, looks like it would give the F15 a run.. all else being equal (pilot, training, ,C2, ROE..etc).

I remember an article some years ago about a F15 returning to base with most of it's starboard wing missing.

 

No plane flies well for long after losing half its engines. However they can keep flying to an extent. On the other hand, no plane flies at all after losing all engines. Depending on the plane and weight, some can glide reasonably well. A lawn dart on the other hand, like an F-16...not so much.

The coolest F15 story ever!

 

I remember an article some years ago about a F15 returning to base with most of it's starboard wing missing.

 

That is the video that tells the story...

There are some SU-27/35 pilots that beg to differ. The F15 is a fanstic fighter but the modern Russian fighters can't be dismissed so quickly. The Su-35BM, for example, looks like it would give the F15 a run.. all else being equal (pilot, training, ,C2, ROE..etc).

 

Not to mention the updated 37. We also sold a bunch of f-15's to Saudi Arabia, 30 billion in planes and parts.

 

 

There are some SU-27/35 pilots that beg to differ. The F15 is a fanstic fighter but the modern Russian fighters can't be dismissed so quickly. The Su-35BM, for example, looks like it would give the F15 a run.. all else being equal (pilot, training, ,C2, ROE..etc).

Id bet the house on our guys any day of the week...while the ruskie equipment is certainly high tech...id say our training ,maintenance and experience would put us over the top..no pun intended..

Hehe. Didn't watch that!

 

That is the video that tells the story...

Japan, S. Korea, Singapore also have them.

 

Not to mention the updated 37. We also sold a bunch of f-15's to Saudi Arabia, 30 billion in planes and parts.

personally my favorite warplane is the f-14 but goddamn is that a pretty machine.

+1 for the swing wings.

 

+10 My favorite all time. Awesome looking machine, especially head on with fully swept wings..