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1 Striking Eagles 1177 US SUPERSONIC FIGHTER 1:48 SCALE PLASTIC KIT intro In October 1965 the requirements for air superiority fighter were issued by U. S. Air Force. These were followed by the request for proposals that called fo the new aircraft with both air-to-air and air-to-ground capabilities.many studies were elaborated but none of them was accepted by the Air Force. In 1967 two-engined MiG-25 was put into the service by Soviet Union. U.S. representative considered this aircraft an air superiority fighter and they realized that only F-4 Phamntom is able to deal with the new Soviet fighter. Moreover the visual contact with the MiG-25 was necessary as Phantoms couldn t engage targets at long range. Early F-4 produced prior to the Vietnam war didn t have any internal guns or cannons. It was clear that the new fighter has to be developed So U.S. Air Force was looking for the sucessor of Phantom and the requirements for the F-X air superiority fighter were issued. Four companies joined the competition. The result of the competition were announced on December 23, The winner of the USAFs Fighter-Experiment (F-X) study was the McDonnell Douglas design. As required the new aircraft was designed to gain and maintain superiority in aerial combat through a mixture of maneuverability, acceleration, range, weapons and advanced avionics. Flight test program started on July 27, 1972 when the prototype made its maiden flight from Edwards AFB, CA. Two-seat version followed in July, The test were a succes and McDonnell Douglass fighter was accepted by USAF under designation F-15 Eagle. The deliveries of production F-15s begun on November 4, 1974 when the 555th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron / 58th Tactical Training Wing at Luke AFB, AZ obtained very first Eagle. The 27th Tactical Fighter Squadron Langley AFB, VA became the first operational user of the F-15. First aircraft was dellivered to this unit on January 9, The former designation F-15 for single-seater and TF-15 for two-seater was changed to F-15A and F-15B when F-15C arrived in The typical armament was a M61 Vulcan 20 mm gun and four AIM-7 Sparrow missiles. The first flight of the F-15C model was Feb. 27, The F-15D, a combat-capable two-seat trainer version, first flew on June 19, F-15E is an all-weather multirole fighter. It was developed in the 1980s by McDonnell Douglas at its own cost. Is intended for long-range, high speed interdiction without relying on escort or electronic warfare aircraft. The second cockpit occupied by Weapon Systems Officer was added behind the pilot s seat. The armament consists of a M61 Vulcan mounted in the starboard wing root. Various missiles, bombs and pods can be attached to the hardpoints on the wings and fuselage. The USAF deployed F-15Cs, Ds and Es to the Persian Gulf in 1991 to participace in Operation Desert Storm. The single-seat F-15C was used as an air superiority fighter while F-15E conducted air-to-ground attacks and flew mainly at night. Their target were modified SCUD missile launchers and artillery sites ussualy found using the LANTIRN system. During Operation Desert Storm F-15Cs achieved 34 confirmed kills of Iraqi aircraft. These were destroyed mostly by missiles. The F-15 jockeys are credited with five MiG-29 Fulcrums, two MiG-25 Foxbats, eight MiG-23 Floggers, two MiG-21 Fishbeds, two Su-25 Frogfoots, four Su-22 Fitters, one Su-7, six Mirage F1s, one Il-76 cargo plane, one Pilatus PC-9 trainer, and two Mi-8 helicopters. Apart of the U.S. forces only Royal Saudi Air Force flew F-15Cs. RSAF pilots achieved two more kills. F-15s also participated in NATO military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. F-15Cs shot down four Yugoslav MiG-29s using AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles. No other fact tells more about the F-15 quality than that none F-15 has been lost in any air to air combat. In addition to the USAF and Saudi Arabia, the F-15 is flown by Israel and Japan. úvodem V roce 1965 vydalo U.S. Air Force požadavky na letoun k vybojování vzdušné pøevahy. Následovány byly poptávkou na letoun, který byl vhodný jak pro vzdušné souboje, tak pro útoky proti pozemním cílùm. Vypracována byla øada konceptù, ale ani jeden z nich nebyl USAF pøijat. V roce 1967 se v sovìtské výzbroji objevil dvoumotorový typ MiG-25. Pøedstavitelé USAF se domnívali, že jde o taktický stíhací letoun. Zároveò vyšlo najevo, že MiGu-25 se mùže postavit pouze F-4 Phantom, ovšem pouze za pøedpokladu vizuálního kontaktu mezi obìma stroji. Phantomy totiž nedokázaly bojovat na delší vzdálenosti. Rané F-4 vyrobené pøed válkou ve Vietnamu navíc nenesly žádnou pevnou hlavòovou výzbroj. Vyvstala tedy potøeba vyvinout nový stíhací letoun. U.S. Air Force tedy zaèala hledat nástupce Phantomu a vydala specifikace na taktický stíhací letoun F-X. Do soutìže se zapojily ètyøi spoleènosti. Výsledky soutìže byly vyhlášeny 23. prosince Vítìzem na provedení studie F-X se stala spoleènost McDonnell Douglas se svým projektem. Jak bylo požadováno, nový letoun mìl vybojovat a udržet vzdušnou pøevahu ve vzdušných soubojích s využitím obratnosti, výkonu motorù, doletu, výzbroje a pokroèilé avioniky. Program letových testù byl zahájen 27. èervence 1972, kdy se na základnì Edwards AFB do vzduchu poprvé dostal prototyp letounu. V èervenci 1973 následovala dvoumístná verze. Testy probìhly úspìšnì a stíhaèka byla pøijata do služby u USAF pod oznaèením F-15 Eagle. Dodávky sériových F-15 zaèaly 4. listopadu 1974, kdy 555th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron / 58th Tactical Training Wing ze základny Luke AFB dostala svùj první Eagle. První operaèní jednotkou se stala 27th Tactical Fighter Squadron ze základny Langley AFB. Ta své F-15 dostala poèínaje 9. lednem Pùvodní oznaèení F-15 pro jednomístné a TF-15 pro dvoumístné stroje se zmìnilo na F-15A, respektive F-15B v roce 1979, spoleènì s pøíchodem pokroèilejší verze F-15C. Typickou výzbrojí tìchto F-15 byl 20mm kanon M61 Vulcan a ètveøice øízených støel AIM-7 Sparrow. První let verze F-15C probìhl 27. února F-15D byla dvoumístnou cviènou verzí, pøípadnì plnì využitelnou v boji. Do vzduchu se poprvé dostala 19. èervna F-15E je víceúèelovým stíhacím letounem použitelným za nepøíznivých povìtrnostních podmínek. McDonnell Douglas jej vyvinul na vlastní náklady v roce Je urèen k rychlým úderùm na delší vzdálenosti bez nutnosti asistence ze strany doprovodných stíhaèù èi letounù pro elektronický boj. Za pilotovým kokpitem se objevilo pracovištì operátora zbraòových systémù. Výzbroj pøedstavuje 20mm kanon M61 Vulcan v koøeni køídla. Na závìsníky pod køídlem a trupem lze podvìsit pestrou smìs raket, pum èi kontejnerù. V roce 1991 USAF nasadilo své F-15C, D a E v operaci Pouštní bouøe v Perském zálivu. Jednomístné F-15C létaly v roli taktického stíhaèe, F-15E pak podnikaly útoky na pozemní cíle, zejména pod rouškou tmy. Jejich cíli byly vypouštìcí zaøízení pro rakety SCUD a dìlostøelecká postavení. Vyhledávány byly pomocí kontejneru se systémem LANTIRN. Bìhem operace Pouštní bouøe dosáhly F-15C celkem 34 potvrzených sestøelù iráckých letounù. Znièeny byly pøedevším prostøednictvím øízených støel. Piloti F-15 si pøipsali pìt MiGù-29, dva MiGy-25, osm MiGù- 23, dva MiGy-21, dva Su-25, jeden Su-7, šest Mirage F1, jeden dopravní Il-76, jeden cvièný Pilatus PC-9 a dva vrtulníky Mi-8. Kromì USAF zde s F-15 operovalo ještì Royal Saudi Air Force, jehož piloti mají pøiznány další dva sestøely. F-15 se též podílely na vojenských operacích NATO nad bývalou Jugoslávií bìhem války v Kosovu. Zde F-15 sestøelily dva jugoslávské MiGy-29 za použití støel AIM-120 AMRAAM. Nic nehovoøí o kvalitì F-15 Eagle natolik jako fakt, že ani jeden stroj tohoto typu nebyl ztracen ve vzdušném souboji s nepøítelem. Vedle USA a Saúdské Arábie létají F-15 ve výzbroji Izraele a Japonska NAV1

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13 A F-15E s/n , 4th Fighter Wing, 335th Fighter Squadron, Bagram AFB, Afghanistan, January 13, 2012 On January 13, 2012, took off from Bagram AFB, Afghanistan, to reach the milestone of flight hours. Capt. Ryan Bodenheimer and Capt. Erin Short were in the cockpit. This F-15 became the very first Eagle to hit this milestone. Its history is quite interesting. The crew of Capt. Tim Bennett and Capt. Dan Bakke destroyed an Iraqi Mi-24 helicopter during Operation Desert Storm on February 14, The hovering chopper was downed with a laser-guided GBU-10 bomb. In 2002 the nose art 'Lucky Strike' from the well known series denoting the September 11, 2001 attacks, appeared on the nose. The SJ characters symbolize the home base of this aircraft Seymour Johnson. The green band on the vertical stabilizer signifies the 335th Fighter Squadron. The badge on the right engine intake belongs to the 4th FW. The No. 121 Squadron RAF crest on the left engine intake commemorates squadron history. ÈESKOU VERZI TEXTU NALEZNETE NA eduard 13

14 B F-15E, s/n , 366th Fighter Wing, 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, ID, 2002 The shark mouth was painted on the aircraft nose in 2002, during Operation Enduring Freedom. It is evident from photos that the nose art was hand painted, as brush strokes are very visible, and minor differences between the left and right sides are recognizable. The black-yellow band on the vertical stabilizer and the unit badge on the left engine intake refers to the 391st Fighter Squadron name 'Bold Tigers'.The right engine intake sports the 366th Fighter Wing badge. ÈESKOU VERZI TEXTU NALEZNETE NA 14 eduard

15 C F-15E, s/n , 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC, 2002 'Nowhere 2 hide' is one of the more famous nose-arts painted on 335th Fighter Squadron F-15s. As can be seen from the date incorporated into the nose art, these are to commemorate the September 11 terrorist attacks. In the rendition, the tribal chief is chasing the mujahideen with a familiar face away from the Tora Bora cave complex. His fate is well known The green band on the vertical stabilizer was used by 355th FS 'Chiefs'. The squadron badge is again situated on the left engine intake. The 335th Fighter Squadron took part in Operation Desert Storm. Based in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia, it flew its first combat mission against Iraqi targets on January 17, ÈESKOU VERZI TEXTU NALEZNETE NA eduard 15

16 D F-15D, s/n , 106th Tayeset, Tel Nov airbase, Israel One of the F-15Ds flown by the IAF is Aircraft No The combat deployment of No. 957 is clear at the first look thanks to the kill marking on the nose. The biggest successes of this A/C were in its 133rd Tayeset days. The first kill was achieved by Shaul Schwartz and Reuven Solan. They shot down a Syrian MiG-21 on June 8, Two days later the crew of Avner Naveh / Michael Cohen destroyed three Syrian MiGs in a single day, two MiG-23s and a MiG-21. The last Syrian roundel, a half roundel, actually, on the aircraft nose is another Syrian MiG-21 downed by Juval Ben-Dor and Ofer Paz, members of the 106th Tayeset. This kill is listed as shared and was achieved on November 19, ÈESKOU VERZI TEXTU NALEZNETE NA 16 eduard

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20 Striking Eagles MARKING - D eduard 20 EDUARD M.A., Printed in Czech Republic