The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle has been in service with the United States Air Force since 1976. Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia and other nations also operate the aircraft. The units it has been assigned to, and the bases it has been stationed are listed below.
Operators
Israel
The Israeli Air Force has operated F-15s since 1977, received under Peace Fox I, II and III. These aircraft are currently organized into two F-15A/B/C/D squadrons and one F-15I squadron. The first 25 F-15A/Bs were early USAF production airframes. The second batch was temporarily embargoed as a result of the 1982 Lebanon War.[1] The IAF has 43 F-15A/B/C/D (20 F-15A, 6 F-15B, 11 F-15C, and 6 F-15D) aircraft in service as of January 2011.[2] It also operates 25 F-15I "Ra'am" aircraft as of January 2011.[2]
Both the 102nd Fighter Squadron and the 122nd Fighter Squadron operate the batch-1 of F-15Ks (integrated with F110-GE-129A) while the 110th Fighter Squadron operating the batch-2 of F-15Ks (integrated with F100-P&W-229EPE).
Qatar
Qatar Emiri Air Force has ordered 36 F-15QA "Ababil" variants.[6][7] Eight delivered as of December 2021.[8]
Royal Saudi Air Force has operated 4 squadrons of F-15C/D (55/19) since 1981, received under Peace Sun after requesting the planes in 1977.[10] They are based at Dhahran, Khamis Mushayt and Taif air bases. A stipulation in the Camp David Peace Agreement limited the number of Saudi F-15 to 60, holding surplus air frames in Luke AFB for RSAF pilot training. This limitation was later abandoned. The RSAF has 70 F-15C/D (49 F-15C and 21 F-15D)[2] fighters along with 69 F-15S fighters in operation as of January 2011.[2]
NASA currently operates one F-15B #836 as a test bed for a variety of flight research experiments[13] and two F-15D, #884 and #897, for research support and pilot proficiency.[14] All three F-15s are stationed at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center.
United States Air Force operated 254 F-15C/D aircraft (222 in the active Air Force and 32 in the ANG) as of September 2010.[15]Bold type below indicates Air Force units (Active, ANG and AFRC) operating F-15s in January 2012. In addition the USAF also operates 219 F-15E variants as of September 2016.
^"Japan Air Self-Defence Force, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force". Scramble.nl. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^Duk-kun, Byun. "Air Force receives last shipment of F-15K fighter jet." Yonhap News, 8 October 2008.
^"Most advanced version of venerable F-15 fighter jet rolls out". New Atlas. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
^"Heads up .... RAF Mildenhall!". Scramble.nl. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^"Qatar Emiri Air Force". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). www.gao.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^"Maintenance Notification".
^"Inauguration of the RSAF's First Local F-15SG Squadron." Archived 5 August 2012 at archive.todayMINDEF press release, 5 April 2010. Retrieved: 20 April 2010.
^Gibbs, Yvonne (3 June 2015). "NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: F-15B Aeronautics Research Test Bed". NASA. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^"F=15D Support Aircraft". NASA. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^Mehuron, Tamar A., Assoc. Editor. 2011 "USAF Almanac, Fact and Figures." Air Force Magazine, May 2011. Retrieved: 1 January 2012.
^"Wings, Groups, Centers." Archived 11 February 2013 at the Wayback MachineAir Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved: 11 March 2012.
^"173 Fighter Wing." 173fw.ang.af.mil. Retrieved: 30 December 2010.
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