Line-up of 1st TFW F15s

The 318th FIS operated the F-15A from 1983 until 1989, when the unit was disbanded. This particular aircraft crashed on 18 May 1989. From eyewitness and newspaper accounts, it seems that the a/c struck a guy-wire attached to a broadcasting antenna (WMBB-TV Panama City/FL) with the left wing, however the pilot managed to recover to Tyndall AFB with the F-15 left side trashed from the wire. On landing it departed the runway and wound up on its nose when the nose gear failed. The pilot made a hasty exit and left the #2 engine running which proceeded to suck up dirt until Flight Safety came and shut it down. Apparently the refueling probe structure was all that was holding the left wing on. Usable parts were removed and the rest was recycled.

Named "First Responder", this is one of two F-15s from the 101st Fighter Squadron, Otis ANG Base, Massachusetts that were scrambled in response to the hijacking of airliners on September 11th 2001.

Gate Guardian at this excellent facility.

The 48th Fighter Interceptor Squadron flew the F-15A from 1981 until its inactivation at homebase Langley AFB (VA) on 31 December 1991. The unit was activated again on 1 July 1996 and started to fly the T-1A Jayhawk trainer from Columbus AFB (TX).

During the Coronet Scout deployment, a dozen Eagles of the 8th Fighter Squadron "Black Sheep" of Holloman Air Force Base (NM) took temporary residence at Gilze Rijen air base from 29 May to 24 June 1987.

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