Fighter in the United States during World War II, the P-51 Mustang, completed its maiden flight on October 26, 1940, 36 years after the first flight of the F-15. The F-22 Raptor, designed to replace the F-15 in the 1990s, took to the skies for the first time on September 7, 1997, 25 years after the F-15. But half a century later, not only has the F-22 failed to replace the F-15, but on March 29 this year, it was reported that the US Air Force wanted to decommission the F-22 early. And after McDonnell-Douglas was acquired by Boeing, not only did the F-15 production not stop, the U.S.
Air Force also plans to keep the F-15 in service until 2045. Including the F-15EX air superiority fighter used to replace the F-15C and the enhanced phone database version of the strike eagle F-15SE Silent Eagle (Silent Eagle), various new models are still constantly being introduced, and they have fallen below everyone's glasses. Perhaps the only one that can surpass the F-15 is really the F-15. The last amazing feature is that the F-15 has been a 50-year-old fighter jet. In addition to the US Air Force, there are Israel Air Force,
Qatar Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Republic of Korea Air Force and Republic of Singapore. Air Force and other overseas customers. Not only is the F-15 an extension of U.S. influence, but three of the six users are East Asian customers, showing that the F-15 will still play a pivotal role in curbing the expansion of the CCP and North Korea. F-15_1 Photo Credit: Li Boru, provided by the author Birth of a legend The birth of the F-15, like the birth of the U.S. Navy "TOPGUN", was influenced by the experience of the failure