Boeing (MD) F-15 Eagle

Download or read book Boeing (MD) F-15 Eagle written by A. M. Thornborough and published by Sam Publications. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The F-15 Eagle is the Western worlds air defense supreme. An all-weather, agile, tactical fighter, it is designed to gain and maintain air superiority in combat, achieved by a mixture of maneuverability, acceleration, range, weapons and avionics. The F-15 has electronic systems and weaponry that can detect, acquire, track and attack enemy aircraft while operating in friendly or enemy-controlled airspace and its weapons and flight control systems are designed so one person can safely and effectively perform air-to-air combat. Thus far the F-15 remains undefeated in aerial combat and author Anthony M. Thornborough brings every detail of this superb aircraft to the SAM Publications MDF series. This new book will chart the development of the F-15, though to its combat debut, its war roles and victories at the hands of the Israeli Air Force, where it forms the backbone of that country's aerial defence strategy.