Thursday, July 28, 2022

After 50 Years Of Service The F-15 Jet Has Never Been Shot Down In Combat

 

13WMAZ: Behind the Lines: 'We've never lost one in combat from any type of enemy fire' 50 years of the F-15 jet 

One of the Air Force's top combat jets couldn't perform without the help of Robins Air Force Base. 

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — This July marks 50 years since the first flight of an F-15 fighter jet. It is still one of the Air Force's top combat mission planes. 

 "We've never lost one in combat from any type of enemy fire," says Scott Smith, an F-15 test pilot at Robins Air Force Base.

"No other fighter aircraft has the capacity to carry the number of weapons and the size of weapons that the F-15 can carry," says F-15 Program Director Jesse Warren. 

Read more ....  

WNU Editor: Impressive!

No comments:

Post a Comment