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RE: US F-15E crashes over Benghazi

PRB said:
And the rescue was by V-22 Osprey. Another first...
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At least it can be used Afghanistan, Iraq and now Libya. The same can't be said for a another aircraft...

IBL

Glad the crew is safe.
 
I'm not so sure about that Naismith, it depends on what you count as a "loss" since aircraft are damaged in a number of ways....but there's never been an F-15 lost to enemy fire.

The F-15's kill ratio is currently listed as 95:0. That makes it the most effective air superiority fighter ever produced. Incidentally, it was the first air superiority fighter designed for that role for the USAF since the F-86.
 
Naismith said:
Am I correct in thinking that the USAF has never until now lost an F-15 in a war zone?
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There have been F-15's lost to SAM/AAA but not in actual Air to Air engagements. It's the only Fighter in history with a perfect kill ratio. A combination of good design, training, and luck no doubt. Also consider that in 1991, the losses were confined to the E model and as can be expected, any type that flies strike profiles is exposed to a greater degree of danger of AAA & SAM's.
 
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Free F-15E. Has some weapons. You hual, I just want it out of my field!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pic...s-discover-wreckage-of-US-plane.html?image=11
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pic...ts-discover-wreckage-of-US-plane.html?image=9
 
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