Soviet lies about their capabilities, America builds something to exceed the theoretical. American jet is amazing, rinse an repeat.

It’s incredible that the first flight of the F15 came in 1972 and not only is it still flying more than 50 years later, but will still be in service into the 2030’s.

As a Hazelwood high school senior in 72, kids would drag race on Banshee Rd next to F-15 builder McDonnell Douglas plant. At the far end of Mac property, a section of airport tarmac was designated as a power up site. The F-15 was tethered to the ground and a full power with afterburner test was performed. We could stand along Banshee Rd no more than 100 yards away and feel the incredible power. Also, Mercury and Gemini mission capsules were developed at McDonnell Douglas in St Louis, Missouri.

One incident with the F15 in a midair collision knocked off a wing. That plane flew back to base and landed.

You all should look into the time Iranian f4s meet American f22s

10:15 I’ve spent the last 10 years working in flight test. It’s not as scary as you might think. For one, we use a build up approach, slowly using more of the flight envelope to keep things safe. If something does go wrong, there’s a control room filled with “subjects matter experts” (SMEs) who are receiving real time telemetry to see if everything is working and are trained to help get the pilot on the ground safely. I spent 15 months as an engine SME in the control room on a single engine military test program. I spent several hours in a simulator testing my ability to handle emergencies before I was able togo to the control room. A good friend from college was one of the test pilots in our squadron so I had personal motivation there to keep the plane safe. Yes there are risks but we take all sorts of steps to manage them. One thing I wish the commentator had spent more time on was pilot situational awareness. The USAF has done an extensive study of aerial combat and found the number one differentiator is SA: even to the point that something like 80% of air combat defeats came from an airplane the losing pilot was not even aware was IN the airspace. The F-15 certainly gives its pilot the SA he needs but if you look at more modern American aircraft, the F-15 pilot looks woefully uninformed in comparison. One of our test pilots was an F-15 combat pilot and he l raved about the SA he had in the new plane.

Good video, thanks. First, hats-off to Brits. In the 80s-90s during the fall of the USSR, I flew F-15C's while stationed in Germany, but also flew many missions out of RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath in England while on TDY (temporary duty) there. The local people there were exceptionally kind to me and my fellow Eagle Drivers (F-15 Eagle..) as were the RAF pilots we flew with. Anyway, the Eagle is as much fun as you'd think and a whole lot more. Unlike most fighters that came before it, the limiting factor was by and large, the pilot. Most prior fighters would reach performance limits before the pilot - what that meant was the pilot had to worry about keeping the aircraft in its ''safespace' if you will. While the Eagle had to worry about not exceeding the pilots limitations. Also, regarding the Soviet MIGs, they were heavy, unreliable but their pilots were skilled and more than a little crazy. A key metric of an air force is their ready-rate, that what percent of their aircraft were mission-ready over time. So as the Soviet aircraft were very maintenance intensive, they were down and unavailable a high percentage of the time. So bottom line to match the F-15''s ready-rate (say 97%) the USSR had to have about 10x+ more aircraft to have an equal number of mission-ready MIGs. Also check out this video of an F-15 flying and landing safely with one entire wing torn off. Hell of an airframe... kzfaq.infoemTXzrqBnXo

When my little brother was in Civil Air Patrol he got to ride in an F-15EX. I'm still envious.

You both want to check out and react to the video Dogfights Of Desert Storm, that features reconstructions of air battles at the beginning of the Gulf War, and interviews with the pilots who fought those battles. You'll really enjoy it.

I live a couple of miles away from McDonnell Douglas. My Dad worked on the flight line.

I’d say you had to start saving up because they do have fighter jet rides over here

The video you seek is a TV program, The Dogfighters...

F-15EXs are rolling off the assembly line today. Current tech except for stealth. Carries a crapton.

I live northwest of Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The 4th Fighter Wing.The is equipped with the F15E Strike Eagle. The base is a major training base for F15E aircrew.The 4th Wing was in the first stages of the first Gulf War. Their job was to take out Iraqi SCUD missile sites.One of the 4th Fighter Wing Strike Eagles shot down a Iraqi helicopter with a smart bomb.

It's worth noting that the F-4 Phantom overlapped with the F-8 Crusader in Vietnam. The Crusader was nicknamed "The Last Of The Gunfighters", because it was designed to dogfight. So it's not that the US couldn't dogfight, it's just that its latest and greatest fighter couldn't.

The Eagle is still undefeated thirty two years after Bagdad. This ought to give you an idea of how the encounter played out. Also, wasn't it you who reacted to a multiple part video series about Desert Storm? I'm sure that series covers this. 17:07

63 years old spent a number of years in the Marine corps. An avid Air show fan. I've still never seen one in real life.

Pilots in the Vietnam war were told they weren't allowed to fire missiles without visual confirmation.

Intake that was controlled by a computer. Think about it for a second. Just a few years before that the top line computers still had to use Punch cards. I have FOUR different birth certificates. Two on paper Because hospital reversed the names. TWO on computer punch cards.

I guarded our nuke loaded F-111's at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk late 70's. The F-15 replaced them in the early eighties and we removed our nukes. Now there are two squadrons (48) of F-15E Strike Eagles and two (48) of F-35A Lightning (which are now capable of dropping our B61 nukes). Aircraft from Lakenheath are currently participating in the air attack against the Houthis in Yemen. Anytime you see LN on the tail of a 15 or 35 it's from the 48th Fighter Wing at Lakenheath. Just a few factoids since it's a military review. Love the channel guys!!!

12:31 they gave their pilots barely any fuel to stop defection, be basically crash landed at that airfield in Japan

You both are just lovely 😊

“Built to fight where others fear to fly” I lived in Okinawa as a military brat in the early 80s… Kadena had 3 squadrons of F-15s…. Amazing to watch them practicing maneuvers over our heads

Have you seen "The Fat Electrician" on the A71?

The F-15 EX was a F-15 built from the ground up with modern technology and more hard points

It's like the Soviets replicated 1% of American fighter capabilities before it became a thing, then America stepped in to show what that 1% actually represents. As omni man puts it: *"Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power"*

Fifty years on. She is still the queen of the skies. Those who have chosen combat with her and are still here, are a very elite club.

The US military started releasing some of the most famous aircraft in our history starting with the F-14 Tomcats in 1974 and ending with the F/A-18 Hornets in 1983. Then they upgraded the Hornets calling them the Super Hornets in 1999. These aircraft set the standard for dogfighting across the US military and are recognized by most of the US population over the age of 20. Some of the best military aircraft movies from Hollywood featured these aircraft including the Top Gun movies and the Independence Day movies.

James that fight between the 2 jets went exactly as you predicted. lol Remember what the Fat Electrician said “it’s never been downed and has a combat score of 104 fighters down and 0 lost”. The Iraqis tried to spring a trap on some F-15s and got smoked. 💨

3:57 well the Phantoms could only engage targets in visual range because of dumb Rules of Engagement (ROE), we also could bomb air feilds and AA sites im Nam. Fat Electrician actually has a video on this.

You should watch the video about the mig25 now! Just kinda to bring it full circle

Almost 50 years after it first went into service neither Russia or China are able to build a fighter which can equal the F15...never mind China's claims, they have nothing which can match it.

The F15 is 104-0, so the video previewed at the end, dramatic music and all means nothing. We already know what happened to those Iraqi Foxbats. Either they were downed or outrun the F15 and lived to fight another day.

Before the Ukraine Russian war started the f-15 had 105 kills and zero losses and now has much higher number of kills and still zero losses.

The MiG 25 Foxbat scared the hell out of the west.

104 to 0. It's the only jet to take down a F-22 raptor....albeit in simulated combat. Also...Starscream...the only US F-15 to have a given name and full Decepticon logos on its wings. Transformers kids, represent. 🤘

The F-15 is a year younger than I am and STILL in service. For military hardware, that’s insane. Imagine the technology differences between the American Civil War and World War I.

Look up the F-15 ACTIV really superior fighter with extra wings and super engines.

The US has always overestimated Russian tech and capabilities. And she always innovates to counter the over-estimation, keeping us two generations ahead. We use their "advances" as justification for more R&D, probably somewhat knowingly if truth be told.

The sky raider.

A few friends fathers worked on the F15 growing up. One father designed the landing gear.

was hoping you'd get to this. I love this plane.

There are about 65 USAF F-15s stationed at RAF Lakenheath with about 65 F-35 fighters to add military protection to the UK

The one thing you *do not do* as an adversary is let the United States know something is possible.

They threw a shitload of money at the problem, seemed to do the trick.💯💜😂🌊

As a U.S. Marine who worked on fixed and rotary wing aircraft, there was no aircraft more loved by pilots than an F-15 (In the Marine Corps anyways, only the airforce has the F-22). All the pilots I ever met who flew an F-15 said it was the best aircraft they had ever flown.

T & P's to the Royal Family, King Charles and his Cancer Flight😢😢

His Nebula video is a good one, but it is subscriber only.

I really wish mustard would change his name, it's holding him back from a greater audience and makes it difficult to talk about him or recommend him without sounding like an idiot.😔

US tends to Underplay its equipments capabilities while Russia over plays it's equipment.

At 7:31 there was discussion of 2.5 million man hours and what that really means. By my calculations, if one person did every job,... It would take 1,201,929 years, 28 days, 2 hours, 17 minutes, 8 seconds. And she would be exhausted. I enjoy your channel, thank you!

The cold war had everyone scared. I remember hiding under my School desk during a regularly scheduled nuclear attack drill. Now, no one thinks about it, and all the nukes are still here.

You’ve talk about Archie, I slow you down to 0.5 and sound like drunk & high people. I ❤ you

Im sorry kiddo's Vietnam "war" (it was SUPPOSED to be a" police action") got over in 1975. Apparently we didn't have our air dominance for a time. The cold war was paranoia on all our parts, the kids born from the end of WWII until 1960 had air raid drills 😮 musta been scary ! I was born in '61 never hid under desk 👍

Needless to say Soviet propaganda backfired horribly!!!

Vietnam was why even today the most modern fighter jets the US produces still have guns, and the pilots are trained in dogfighting. Yes, the missiles are now much better and the odds are that most aerial combat will be beyond visual range, but sometimes, just sometimes, you're going to end up in a dogfight and that gun is going to save you.

I m not from US and I don t know how it works but I ve seen on ytb citiziens as passengers in USAF f16s

The F-15 is truly a masterpiece. The new F-15EX is even crazier.

Old story... today Russia has fifth generation aircraft, hypersonic missiles, even hypersonic nuclear weapons, nuclear torpedoes, pilotless aircraft, thousands of drones that are destroying the Ukrainian defenses and the entire Ukrainian infantry.

Y'know, they're talking about US jets. The original narrator shouldn't use metric!😉

The MIG25 was built by the soviets as a counter to the US development of the mach 3 Valkyrie bomber. They freaked when they saw the Valkyrie and had nothing which could even touch it, but the US only built two of them then cancelled the program due to it's high cost and the advent of ICBMs which were being developed and showed more promise for being able to penetrate Soviet airspace and deliver nuclear bombs on target. The Soviets were forced to spend more than they could really afford to develop and put the MIG25 into service and it was largely wasted money since the MIG25 was a real dog. So the USA developed a mach 3 high altitude bomber compelling the Soviets to develop the MIG25 which compelled the USA to develop the F15. Both of the USA planes were good even though the bomber was cancelled. The F15 is still a winner and the MIG25 is all but forgotten being largely a very expensive, extremely high maintenance and mostly useless aircraft.

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also it still being made at original place st louis Missouri.

Soviets bluffed, the Us not just called but raised, and the Soviets shit their pants XD

I was born in 1960 on a Navy base and was a Navy dependent until I turned 18 yeah I remember the cold war all too well living on a base in the Bering sea not far from the Soviet Union

"You mess with the bull, you get the horns." ...That's what the Soviets got. Their 'Superfighter' turned out to be a paper tiger, while the F-15 was the real deal.

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The F-15 was the only jet to shoot down a spy satellite while it was still in outer space.

You can book a ride with the Blue Angels. You want me to book it

This is a perfect example of how boasting & propaganda can backfire. In this case, Russia hyping up their new fighter put the US on alert to defeat its less-than-true capabilities and end up with a fighter that can not only hold up against the hype, but far exceed the real capabilities. I grew up in a neighborhood right next to an airport. Occasionally, they'd put on air shows there. One year, they advertised their first show to have an F-15 Strike Eagle as its main attraction. I got to watch it go through practice maneuvers the day before. It was like having access to a private showing. It was awesome to watch. Had a pair of binoculars with me as well.

TOP GUN and Tom Cruise began the wave of fear. Then came the F-15.

They tried to ambush the f15s but the f15s spanked em.

Viktor belenko left the Soviet Union because he realized communism was a lie and that it brought nothing but suffering and despair. He flew to Japan and asked for political asylum in the US and he was granted citizenship. He was a fine gentleman and a GREAT PILOT. He died last September but he got to experience freedom and he felt like the most blessed man. He was also the bravest man I read about. You can read his story in his autobiography.

And just think, one F22 shot down ten F15’s in one training battle.

The Soviets developed the Mig-25 as a response to the American XB-70. The F-15 was built as a response to the Mig-25. The Mig-29 was built as a response to the F-15. And so it goes.

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Another reason why you don't try to bluff with Americans. They will take you at face value and innovate something superior. For all of it's faults ... the United States is still leading the world in innovation and technology. Dragging the rest into an ever increasingly technologically advanced era.

I mean, the operational reason why the F-15 terrified the USSR was that they faced it in 1982 and got absolutely curb-stomped. Israel was fighting against Syria, and the USSR had 30 SAM sites supporting the Syrian military. The IAF (90 jets) did a massive air battle against the SAF (100 jets + 30 SAM sites) and the outcome was 86 destroyed SAF jets and 29 destroyed USSR SAM sites, at the cost of 2 damaged IAF F-15s, that got back to base and were repaired--the IAF lost nothing (some of this was due to the fact that they invented weaponized drones and dedicated electronic warfare aircraft, and this engagement was the first use of those in history). This was the first large-scale deployment of the F-15, and it drove home that the vast majority of the USSR's anti-air systems had just been invalidated. If Israel could do this to them in Syria, the US could certainly do this to them at home and so their home defense was shaken to its core. If USSR air denial no longer worked, then their entire Cold War defense strategy lost a massive thing that they were relying on (the USSR prided itself on its air defense systems). Check out the Dark Docs video titled "90 Israeli F-15s and F-16s Annihilate 100 Syrian MiGs" if you want more info on that large engagement. They are pretty neutral and give a very good factual overview of the situation.

There is much more to this story. The MiG-25 was rushed into production to intercept the American XB-70 Valkyrie SUPER BOMBER. Western analysts mistook the rushed interceptor design to be a super fighter. Note, interceptors may look like fighters, but are designed to fly and climb fast to shoot down incoming bombers. The USSR realized that panic the Foxbat caused and engaged in massive counter espionage and propaganda campaigns to feed Western paranoia. The MiG-25s that broke the records had been HEAVILY modified and were incapable of any combat. These planes, plus leaked misinformation, confirmed everyone's fears. The US then designed and built a fighter to take out the NONEXISTANT Soviet super fighter. Unfortunately for the commies, the F-15 was real and could have defeated the imaginary MiG. Note: The Clint Eastwood movie "Firefox" was loosely based on the events surrounding the Foxbat.

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what is admitted isn't always correct in actuality. lol

I've seen reactions to this video a few times and every time it annoys me that he doesn't even say the outcome of the fight.

Lol keep what you got a secret or the US will develop a counter to it lol. Money is not a problem 😂😂

The reality was, the Mig's were pieces of shit....all of them. Russia has never made a "GOOD" product! They were capable of 2 out of the 10 things they claimed and horribly made. No Western pilot would ever fly one in combat. And they were always so crude and even when new, 15-20 years behind America 8n avionics!