Well I have worked on the A,B,C,D,and E models of the F-15. I love the Eagle! I have to pose this question to any SuperBug lover. Has any model of the hornet EVER had an aerial victory while on a bombing mission? I mean at the same time!! Dropping a bomb and getting a kill. NO!!! LOL Yes, a mudhen was saving an SAS members bacon by dropping an LGB on the helicopter offloading troops that were trying to find this guy and it hit just as the chopper had lifted off, therefore an aerial victory. Ka-ching![:)]
Yes, it has. Opening days of Desert Storm. Referenced pretty heavily, especially the last edition of “And Kill MiGs”.
LOL! This reminds me of good ol’ fashion Chevy vs Ford debate!
Yeah, but I drive a Dodge!
I hear ya! A Dodge will run circles around a Chevy and Ford! Kind of like a F-14 flying circles around a 15 and 18!
I am requesting the highest of fives, right now!!!
All I know is that the jet I crewed while at Bitburg did this. 19 Jan 1991 an F-15C tail number 79-0069 call sign RAMBO from the 525 TFS/36 TFW piloted by Dave “Spyro” Prather shot down an Mirage F-1EQ with an AIM-7M. We were in Turkey as a part of Operation Northern Watch. Bunch of partying that night… Kevin
Ever seen an F-15 make a night carrier landing?
Ever seen a Hornet/Super Hornet do Mach 2.5?
Ever see a F-15E go mach 2.5 with a full load of bombs? Most of the top speeds listed for fighters are with the fighter clean at high altitude with the after burners going. The USAF was excited when the F-100 broke mach 2 in testing, but operationally the aircraft was slow at low altitude which made it a bit of a slug. Top speed over mach 1.8 is very rarely needed. THe powerful engines in the F-15 are for enabling the aircraft to climb quickly at full military throttle so it can perform the interceptor mission, power the aircraft through high g turns. Mach 2.54 is just for sales. Both aircraft are good bombing platforms. The weight of payload isn’t much of a requirement with the advent of percision munitions. Neither aircraft flies with a full load of bombs. One advantage of the Super Hornet over the F-15E is its ability to generate multiple sorties in the same day. The Super Hornet needs two hours of maintance for each hour of flight, the F-15E is considerably longer. The F-35A will beat both since it can supercruise if needed (go super-sonic without afterburners) and be capable of low observable missions.
well…no. but its AIM-120’s can do mach 4 and out-G anything, so it doesn’t need to. seriously…this is one of those ‘is a Hemi Cuda’ better than a Yenko Camaro’ arguments!! except they are made by the same manufacturer. in a ‘pure BVR’ air 2 air, go the Eagle. In a ‘pure bombload’ air 2 mud, well…id go the mudhen. but the world aint ‘pure’. they complement each other, in a world of expeditionary forces. the stinkbug(Dos Gringos called it that, re.youtube) is still a winner in my book tho, as it seems more versatile.ie Growler. I could go on with the plus’s and minus’s for a week…and still end up with a stalemate…coz we’re on the same side and support each other! and yes…the Hemi Cuda’ stomps on everything. (I’m a Mopar diehard)
The F/A-18E/F uses the same AIM-120C-5/7 and AIM-120D as the USAF’s F-22, F-15C, and F-16C. Same AIM-9X Block II. The F/A-18E/F flies off of a mobil naval air station called a aircraft carrier, while the F-15E has to find a friendly onshore air base to fly from.