The best bit is still the developers being told about this and going "SORRY WHAT?!" Then doing a bunch of math to figure out if it's even possible.

@teddy.d174

Жыл бұрын

The F-15’s response…math?!? Meh.

@breadloafbrad

Жыл бұрын

“This just happened to you? Fuck let’s check if it’s possible!” “Uh you do realize it literally like just happened right?”

@nomercyinc6783

4 ай бұрын

the fact that they did the math to see if its even possible AFTER being told it happened is arrogance at its best. literally filmed happening. dont need to do the math on shit you can see with your own eyes as true

Worked F-15E's for 16 years in the AF as a crew chief and loved every minute of it.

@jiceBERG

Жыл бұрын

What squadrons?

@robandcheryls

Жыл бұрын

Are the “E.X.” In service yet? Officially. 🇨🇦 Veteran

@briancooper2112

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service!🇺🇸

@DecrepitBiden

Жыл бұрын

I was POL for 9 yrs, Hahn (closed in the 90's) & Nellis.

@johnschmitt5259

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service sir!

It is an amazing story. I flew the F-15A in the 70's. It's still a great design and the F-15X is going to be more amazing.

@pegcity4eva

Жыл бұрын

Jealous

@ac04project

Жыл бұрын

What was your favorite aspect of the plane?

@ilmarilah1195

11 ай бұрын

*EX not X

@atoriusv5070

6 ай бұрын

The new test flight footage just came out recently and it's incredible! The new upgrades let it pull off maneuvers from the F-22 that were thought to be exclusive to thrust vectored aircraft. Highly suggest looking it up. It's a wild jump in capabilities.

The day I reported to my ship in Subic, I saw an F-15 take off. 1982, ship was a helicopter carrier, well, helo and Harriers, so they parked it next to a runway. I guess that is why it was moored there anyway. They had these little diesel Isuzu taxis, and the road to the dock crossed the runway. Red light means stop, so we stop perpendicular to the runway. Plane is taking off, goes past us pretty fast with his wheels coming off the ground as he went by. He lit it up and stood it on its tail. It was like a cartoon, did not seem real that something could be that fast, turned into a dot and was gone. Taxi driver was not as impressed as I was, but it sure looked like the law of gravity was broken to me.

@pgtmr2713

Жыл бұрын

F-14'll do that too. Get rolling pretty good then boop vertical :-D

@luciustitius

Жыл бұрын

In case of losing one engine during take off the F-15‘s flight manual says - „Power as required.“

@petemelbourne42

Жыл бұрын

So would the English Electric Lightening from the 1960s. Ridiculously fast for the time, it was design to get up to height fast to take out Russian bombers, pure interceptor rather than fighter.

@Chio_OB

Жыл бұрын

@@petemelbourne42 A beast of an interceptor, holds many records, some performance figures have not been released as of today I think (prolly to stop others getting embarrassed, lol)

@Azraiel213

Жыл бұрын

That's because the F-15 has the distinction of being able to fly on thrust alone. It's one of a tiny number of jets that can be classified as a rocket with wings.

And on that day he gained the name. Solo Wing

@YourLordMobius

Жыл бұрын

THIS IS WHAT V2 IS FOR

@joeclaridy

Жыл бұрын

You mean Solo Wing Pixy

@aaronhill8315

Жыл бұрын

@@YourLordMobius To restart. From zero.

@donttellmeitsraining8160

Жыл бұрын

You mean “Hahn Solo”. Stuff of legend.

@lowelltan2711

Жыл бұрын

Two things are evident: No aircraft will ever break the F-15 stellar record. There will be never be aircrafts worth of replacing both the F-14 Tomcat and the F-15 Eagle.

The F-14 ❤️ and F-15 are my favorites. 2 of the finest fighters in history. Love them 4th gen fighters

@Joshua_N-A

Жыл бұрын

Eagle, Tomcat, Hornet, Falcon, Fulcrum, Flanker, Tornado. Am I the only one who thinks 4th gen is the pinnacle of fighter designs? These days everything look almost like a Raptor just to reduce RCS.

@jiceBERG

Жыл бұрын

@Joshua N. Ajang I agree with you. The Raptor is cool don't get me wrong but those 4th gens or should I say gems, there's just something about them.

@265justy

Жыл бұрын

The F-16 would like a word.

@jiceBERG

Жыл бұрын

@265justy it's included, lol. Although I wish they never put bombs on an airplane designed purely to dogfight but that's not the Vipers fault

@abledog006

Жыл бұрын

@@265justy LOL!! How dare they miss the Falcon / Viper!!!

I was stationed at a U.S. base in Europe. The runway was right beside my office. About once a month they would fly at night. We would sit on top of trucks and watch these jets launch with full afterburner. It shook your chest as they powered up. I’m not the most patriotic guy, but you couldn’t help but feel proud in those moments.

One of the best fighters for its respective era ever developed. F-15 is a great, and largely unappreciated fighter IMO.

@bigballzmcdrawz2921

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say the F-15 is unappreciated.

@JohnnyFaber

Жыл бұрын

*The

@pgtmr2713

Жыл бұрын

Not unappreciated, it does what it's supposed to reliably for 50 years now.

@mayamanign

Жыл бұрын

One of? It is the best.

@pgtmr2713

Жыл бұрын

@@mayamanign I'd say tied with the Tomcat.

The F-15 is a true workhorse.

The quintessential air superiority jet fighter Sterling 104 to 0 K/D ratio (yes, zero A2A losses)

11:21 Erm, the UK has never operated the F-15s. Yes, we have US airbases here, but the UK has never operated F15s...

@maccatarquin7098

Жыл бұрын

I was just going to say that. The US may still base them in the UK, but we don't have them ourselves.

Too bad there weren't any photos of the damage from that training accident.

@jimsmith7212

Жыл бұрын

There are. The KZread video; "F-15 Lands with One Wing-Dark Footage" has a lot more interesting information. (It's a related channel)

@YourLordMobius

Жыл бұрын

BUDDY?

@Joshua_N-A

Жыл бұрын

War is just a clash of powers

@joeclaridy

Жыл бұрын

Hey buddy, still alive?

@Potatochip934

Жыл бұрын

@@joeclaridy ace combat zero

@RainCloud123

Жыл бұрын

@@joeclaridy

I was a 462 station on Kadena AB from 79 to 80. First six months there I worked on F-4Cs had to learn how to load 20 different munitions, hated it. Then we got the F-15s, boy what a big different! Our mission went from all attack missions to just air to air, only had to load aim-9, aim 7 and the gun, that's it. Great plane for maintenance.

Small correction at 11:28, Germany doesn’t have any F-15s, sadly…

I do believe you got two wrong for having F-15s!!!! Germany at 11:27. They in fact got the Mig 29 instead of the F-15 back in the 90s. The neatherland also does NOT have the F-15!!!!

@kaijenkins4513

Жыл бұрын

And the UK

@juwirc7365

Жыл бұрын

That's right, the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNAF) are flying F16's and recently started flying F35's. No F15's were ever part of the RNAF.

When did The Netherlands plan to use F-15? We never had them, we are going from F-16 to F-35. The F-15 was rejected because it didn’t fit inside the current shelters. There were American F-15s at Soesterberg before it closed. I’d like to see the F-15EX though.

I remember going to the airshow in Springfield IL in 1975 with my Dad. The guy came over the PA system and announced that an F-15 from St Louis had just taken off and would be overhead in like 2 and half minutes or something along those lines. The entire crowd gasped aloud at the thought and sure enough in a few short moments it streaked overhead with a thunderous sonic blast. Everyone was amazed by the speed and the crowd cheered. That was the first time I saw one and got a sense of it's speed.

Jet so bad ass that the World still wants it for their arsenal

I'd say 105-0 is a pretty solid record. That's even better than the Globetrotters... and those games are fixed.

This is awesome! Definitely one of my favorite jets.

The RAF does not have F15's. There is a F15 wing based at Lakenheath but that's an American garrison.

Greetings from Germany! Germany's Airforce to the best of my knowledge never owned F-15 jets. There were two USAF wings with F-15 stationed in Germany until 1994 and respectively 1999. However Germany is looking atm into the F-15 EX II as a substitute for the aged Panavia MRCA Tornados. Maybe you confused this.

@GraemeDewe

Жыл бұрын

Yeah same as UK, never owned any F15s as mentioned, but there are US bases in UK with F15s

@michielotsen6317

Жыл бұрын

As did(n't) the Netherlands..

@jodonnell64

Жыл бұрын

@@GraemeDewe Yep. RAF Lakenheath is one of them. The F-15E's replaced the retired F-111F's (Aardvark) that were there before. That happened just a couple years after I left Lakenheath where I was a weapons loader on the F-111F. RAF Upper Heyford had F-111E and EF-111E (Sparkvark) models, so I'm pretty sure those were replaced as well.

@TheRealRedRooster

Жыл бұрын

yeah, he had to goof up somewhere. Though they are thinking of getting F-15 instead of F-35 when the remaining Tornados are getting replaced, as they are getting to old and to costly to maintain after all those years....

The UNBEATEN, UNTIED, UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WOOOOOOOOOOOORLD ! THE F-15 EAGLE!

An impressive aircraft, thanks for the research and info.

When you stumble upon such a great air frame you don't drop it till you invent a better one. You just update the electronics and weapons. The "Flying part" of the F-15 is golden.

The real Iron Eagle

@Joshua_N-A

Жыл бұрын

Haven't seen the films yet but had the production team were given a bit more budget, they would've gone with the F-15.

@265justy

Жыл бұрын

The F-16 is, every bit as good. If not better.

The F15 is the epitome of what an air superiority jet should look like to me. Beautiful plane and incredibly deadly to her enemies

@nomercyinc6783

4 ай бұрын

war fighting planes ships and weaponry doesnt have to be pretty or good looking at all. function over form every time.

Hold on - neither Germany nor the UK, nor the Netherlands, have ever used the F-15.

Basically what solo-wing Pixy from Ace Combat Zero was loosely based on.

The F-14 and the F-15 are two of the best fighters

First. I knew it was about the F15. Legendary. Excited to see the newest variant.

I must admit that the F-15 Eagle of all variants is a true American masterpiece!!

Awesome video! Excellent opportunity to demonstrate that quality is a major force factor.... Rather than Stalin view that there is quality in quantity 🫣 ridiculous. Awesome video! Great content. Excellent demonstration and tutorial. Thank you so much! Please keep them coming. God bless 🕊️🕊️🕊️

"In 1975, an F-15A dubbed Streak Eagle CLIMBED several world records." Don't you mean CLAIMED?

Man, I hope my country catches up and develops jets on par with usa.

F15 ex will have Range of over 12,000 nautical miles??? 🤔🤔🤔

If it looks right,(check) it flies right! (check) A hotrod plane with the the goods to back up the looks!!!! Beautiful!

The F-16 out scored the F-15 with the IAF in the Syrian conflict during the early 80s. And it done it without long range AAMs. Respect is lacking to the little Viper..

The F-15 is a remarkable feat of engineering prowess

The only inaccuracy I could see was that the UK and Netherlands have not used or bought F15s

Sorry to point out but Germany, Netherlands and the UK have never operated any F-15s. There are two squadrons of F-15E Strike Eagles at RAF Lakenheath in the UK which are owned and flown by USAF. The line in the description "All content on Dark Skies is researched" wasn't researched too much then.

Simply, the f... beast.! I love this machine

Excellent Video And Aircraft. TY 👍 🇺🇸

While the aircraft today are far advanced beyond the A model, the basic performance and capabilities were there in 1975. It had to be so far ahead of its time as to be nearly miraculous.

The F-15 has an Honored & Storied History ❤

Awesome! 😎👍

"enough thrust to accelerate vertically." No lie! I saw a pilot at an air show stand one up on its tail, kick in the afterburner, and DISAPPEAR! Un-freakin' real.

I'm old enough to remember the F-101 Voodoo. I remember the wonderful sound of an F4 Phantom. Sounded like victory. And today I hear on occasion the F-15's from PANGB.

Oh man your delivery is so much nicer.

Wow, what did he just say we have never lost an F-15 in combat well now fellas doesn’t that say something about your training and your leader ship yes it does. My uncle Colonel Robert Priest, US Air Force retired and now he is deceased at Arlington national cemetery please, if you will take a moment when you have a day off or something please go pay your respects to My uncle and all your other Air Force comrades that have passed on

So none have ever been lost in air-to-air, but some have been lost to SAMs

Just like what pixy said, yo buddy, you still alive?

@YourLordMobius

Жыл бұрын

THERES NO RULES IN WARS, ITS A COLLISION OF POWERS.

@slipper2266

Жыл бұрын

​​@@YourLordMobius the only rule there was, was to survive

@joeclaridy

Жыл бұрын

Let them burn! Love the Belkan War vibes

@slipper2266

Жыл бұрын

​​@@joeclaridy 15 years ago, there was a war, time and time again they tried to invade but luck was never on their side though

Germany? Never had and will never have F-15s!?

Great plane! 👍✈️

The only Jets I saw in 1966-67 were F-4 Phantoms. But we were glad to have them. The were heavy and noisy. AT the end of the runway you couldn't hear anything when they were taking off. It was enough to rattle you brain.

AMAZING... I still remember hearing them catapults on the Stennis ... Sounded like a Steam Locomotive just RAN u Over....

Germany and Netherlands have F15s? Did not know that ...

Two F-15s supported my Company's ground operation in Nowzad (Afghanistan) in 2007. They did exactly what they say on the tin, dropping 500lb bombs and strafing with 20mm cannon on Taliban positions.

🛑🛑 The F15…. A Real Badass!! 💯

UK and Netherlands didn't use F-15s, while South Korea and Singapore does. Several F-15Es were shot down by adversary SAMs and AA but you'd be right if you say none have been shot down by hostile aircraft.

I enjoyed night take offs and the afterburners flames bouncing off the run way.

A good video idea would be about the United States' Advanced Tactical Fighter Program between the YF-22 and YF-23.

The air force need a movie like top gun, to show of this beautiful aircraft

The queen of the skies ❤

The eagle continues to soar after all these years.

I recall the rebels who oversaw development were nicknamed the "fighter Mafia" their mantra was 'Not a Pound for the Ground'.

Still is the only plane to shoot down a satellite while it was in orbit.

My old aunt (born c. 1900), used to say, if she had had just one alcoholic drink, 'You can't fly on one wing!'. Evidently, she was wrong!

Point of note - neither the UK nor Germany have employed the F-15. Singapore, South Korea and Qatar are the only other F-15 operators not mentioned. You're mistaking the number of aircraft on display in certain countries for operators of. They are not mutually exclusive.

9:26 tail hook on an IAF F 15 ? , I'll have to keep an eye out for that !!!

@Felto123

Жыл бұрын

There is one for emergency landings on terrestrial runways.

The Eagle is the king of the skies.

Could you possibly make a video about the New Zealand a4k??

The United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany don't have or ever had any F-15's...

Great video about an truly impressive plane. I'm having trouble with the Thrust. Weight ratio. In researching it, I found that it is not an inverse thing, i.e. higher ratio is good. Then learned that more than a 1/1 ratio enables the plane to climb near vertically. What threw me off, though , was that several planes had a MUCH higher ratio than the F15, even commercial planes. So, what's up here? Is the ratio calculated differently? Was there a missing decimal point on the greater than one ratios? Are there different ways to calculate it? (E.G, thrust to weight for the engine, vs the entire pane) that might explain the discrepancies?

@1crazypj

5 ай бұрын

I was thinking along the same lines. Didn't the English Electric Lightning have vertical climb abilities in late 1950's or was it after engine upgrade when BAC were making them in 1960's?

Forgot too mention in 1985 the f-15 become the only fighter to shoot down a state light that was in orbit. Seems people forgot about this as it proves that the plane actually has a higher ceiling than the f-22 as welll as being faster

@thudthud5423

Жыл бұрын

If I recall correctly, an F-15E successfully BOMBED a flying Iraqi helicopter. It didn't shoot down the flying helicopter with a missile or its cannon, it dropped a bomb on it!

@mhobin12

Жыл бұрын

@@thudthud5423 yeah that also happened. If i remember that was during dessert storm

I wish the UK had these! Instead they had the Tornado and now Typhoon for RAF service.

Of course its great aircraft, the greatest decepticon of all time (starscream) turn into one

The Dutch do not use the F-15. Why would you claim that?

First plane to achieve vertical acceleration was the English Electric Lightning in 1958, not the F15.

Weren’t there stories of at least one P-47 flying home on one wing?

@thudthud5423

Жыл бұрын

I think there is an account of a B-17 landing without a tail and...believe it or not...the tail of a B-17 that had been blown off landing by itself...with a live crewman on board!!

What happened to the F15 A & B models?

Why didn't you showed us the video of the f15 landing on one wing . There's a video of that on KZread

The F15 was able to accelerate going straight up. Be then crack’s start shown by on the wings. They install stiffing straps and stopped drilled cracks. I was NDI and marked the crack ends.

Ooh.. the FWD MessDecks would be "Shakng"

The Netherlands and UK employ the F15? You sure about that?

105 to 0 is nuts!

Could? There are hundreds of F-15s still flying, as well as new airframes being manufactured.

Remember, every aircraft has a fatal flaw. If you can find it, you can exploit it to gain an advantage in every encounter with it. One of the Cessna 172's many fatal flaws is that it is incapable of fighting back. Use this to your advantage next time you encounter a Cessna 172 in your fighter jet.

@TurboMountTV

Жыл бұрын

But the Cessna can out turn the F-15. So look out.

*IT'S TIME*

@YourLordMobius

Жыл бұрын

SORRY BUDDY, THIS TWISTED GAME NEEDS TO BE RESET.

*FLAMENCO INTENSIFIES*

Why i main the F-15C in DCS :

Maybe if I were an aerospace engineer, and an aircraft that I had a major hand in designing, landed with one of its two wings…leaking fuel after a midair collision…..I guess then I would release all that stress and possibly feel that my team did good….

I would add the A-10 to the list that can fly with only one wing… saw it happen

4:40 - The S/MTD, ACTIVE Eagle is the sexiest fighter of all time. Prove me wrong.

@Joshua_N-A

Жыл бұрын

Trebor, this Wizard. Requesting orders.

6:15 Low wing loading != Low wing I'm not crazy right?

HUD stands for HEAD UP DISPLAY. Not HEADS UP DISPLAY. I heard that and laughed because I have made the same mistake and got called out for it.

@timmainson

Жыл бұрын

yanks say it one way Brits say it the other.

@pgtmr2713

Жыл бұрын

Never ever heard it called head up display. Always heads up display, automotive OR aviation. It's completely pedantic to get bent out of shape over that. Like fighting the war over Jagwar vs. Jagyouare. When the actual correct pronunciation was Ford 😂

How about a history of the A-10 story

She's tough 👍❤️🆒