Название: Wings of Fire: A Combat History of the F-15 Автор: Mike Guardia
Издательство: Magnum Books
Год: 2020
Страниц: 128
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (conv), epub
Размер: 17.5 MB
From Israel to Afghanistan. The definitive combat history of the F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle…as told by the pilots who flew them.
The year was 1967. It was a tumultuous time for America—the Summer of Love, race riots in Detroit and Milwaukee, and a growing restlessness over the war in Vietnam. That July, at the Moscow Air Show, the Soviets unveiled six new state-of-the-art aircraft—including the MiG-23, MiG-25, and Su-11—all of which were purportedly capable of outmaneuvering any fighter jet in NATO’s inventory. Meanwhile, in the skies over Vietnam, American fighter squadrons had established air superiority with the F-4 Phantom II. However, the trusted crate was rapidly growing obsolete in the face of new Soviet aircraft. Thus, in an effort to maintain parity with the dreaded Warsaw Pact, the US Air Force entered discussions for a new, lightweight, multi-role fighter. The result was the McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15 Eagle—the most successful fighter jet of the modern era.
For more than forty years, the F-15 Eagle (and its Strike Eagle variant) has been the US Air Force’s premier air superiority, multi-role fighter. Made popular by its ubiquity during the Persian Gulf War, the F-15 has become one of the most recognized and revered fighter jets in the world. Introduced in 1972, the F-15 made its combat debut in the skies over Israel. American F-15s first proved their mettle during Operation Desert Storm and in the air wars over Yugoslavia. Today, the F-15 continues to serve on the frontlines in Afghanistan. Throughout its illustrious combat history, the F-15 has achieved more than one hundred air-to-air victories… and zero losses.
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