The F-22 has stealth capabilities that is unmatched however the F-15 and F-16 are the workhorses of the U.S Air Force.

F the people who are offended, "we don't make sense we make dollars". That is a brilliant line.

The F-15 is what you get when the enemy lies about their own fighter capabilities.

F-22 Raptor: You will never see me coming, or going. F15 Eagle: HERE I FUCKING COME!

The F-15 doesn’t need stealth….. it’d be like “I know you see me coming…. But it don’t matter…. I’m still gonna fuck you up”

The F-22 might be absolutely terrifying because it’s virtually invisible But the F-15 is terrifying because it’s basically a flying Mike Tyson, it will beat the soul out of you and come back for more without even breaking a sweat. It’s like Superman if he was actually made out of steel

As a prior F-15 armament tech, it does my heart good to see people know the majesty of the jet I bled for. I hated working on it, but I have the utmost respect and pride in having done so.

I am American and I like the “we make dollars not sense” motto. Sounds like something we would say.

F-15 hasn't been replaced. It will fly until 6th gen completely takes over more than likely

It was an Israeli F-15 that landed w/ one wing. The pilot said, because of all the fuel spewing out, he couldn't tell the wing was missing and that he would've ejected if he had known. It went into a downward spiral but he hit the power and got it to level out and was near his airbase so just landed the thing lol.

My fave by the Fat Electrician is the story about how a tree almost caused WWIII. You need to watch that one.

The F-15C's are getting quite old and worn out and as such are being slowly phased out, however the USAF has issued a contract to the manufacturer to build at least 104 brand new F-15EX's to replace them.

I’m a mechanic on the F-15! You think it’s small until you’re next to one. Fully loaded with fuel and weapons, it weighs almost 70,000 pounds!

Throughout the years I’ve seen the F22, F16, F35 at the Fort Worth air show and nothing comes close at the unreal experience of the F15 doing insane maneuvers in the air. The thing is an absolute Visceral BOSS!!!

The new F-15EX is supposed to take over for the older E model since we only have a about 180 F-22 Raptors

F-15 is still a major part of the US AF. “Replaced by F-22” means it has been supplanted as the most dangerous air to air fighter jet. It is still widely in use by both US and many other nations around the world.

nick literally has no bad videos and i can watch them all day. seeing someone else get genuine enjoyment out of him brings me major happiness

McDonnell Douglas hit a home run with the F-15. It's an Amazing machine for a 1960s design.

7,300+ are still in use, 0 losses in combat There are about 160 F-22s, they stopped making them. And I got my US citizenship during year 5 in the USMC

I was out in Death Valley National park camping for a week in Saline Valley. You can watch these guys practice in the sky doing their dog fight maneuvers. so saline valley is a clothing optional hot spring area and one of these pilots does a low fly by upside down and is waving at the girls. Very impressive! and I would like to thank that pilot for getting all the naked girls to jump and down waving at him.

F-22 is meant to replace the F-15C as air superiority. F-15E will be around for some time as it is more multi-role. About the shooting of a satellite, look up the ASM-135A ASAT missile. The F-15C was designated as only aircraft that could fire the missile due to its ability to gain speed as it went vertical since the only thing to slow it down was lack of oxygen for the engines.

"We don't make sense we make dollars" is legitimately the most American phrase I've ever heard

There are, currently, 149 F-15C Eagles, 219 F-15E Strike Eagles, and 2 F-15EX Super Eagles active in the U.S.A.F.'s arsenal. The average sevice life is over 30 years, and many have received updated engines. Beyond the U.S.A.F.s contingent I couldn't tell you how many are still flying, but I would guess "a lot".

The F15 is a beast in combat, in a H2H between F22 & F15 it'd be a toss up the pilots make the difference. The Generation 5 we now are just the tip of the iceberg Generation 6 is now in testing & production phase while Generation 7 is on the development whiteboard and Generation 8 is being concepted.

6:34 they also have different mission sets. The F-22 &F-35 is meant to be practically invisible & kill stuff while the F-15 is meant to be very visible while killing stuff

The chubby electron guy is awesome

If you are still in the UK, go to the RAF Lakenheath and watch the F-15 E and C's fly. That F-15 flying in that canyon was in England and the British planes do terrain avoidance there as well to the Plane spotter's delight.

I’m not a pilot, and never been in the military. But I’ve seen on of these at an air show. When it was discussing creating enough thrust to overcome lift, drag, etc…we saw a demonstration of that. It came in low and turned vertical right above the crowd. It can actually accelerate while going vertical. So it disappeared like rocket. It’s insane. Only thing more impressive was watching a Harrier come by at 400mph or something around there, and the next time it comes by it stops midair. Spins around in a 360° circle, and then starts backing up in the air.

This is a demo video of the F-22 Raptor at Huntington Beach, CA. I was a AIC (Air Intercept Controller in the Navy for 14 years, I never had control of one of these aircraft...just F-4's and F-14's. The most impressive thing for me about the F-22 is the turning circle. It can change course on a dime. That is mind boggling. I would hate to be an enemy fighter trying to chase one down from behind. It is also fast and quick, An absolutely amazing aircraft.

I've watched a few reactions to the F15 video and you're the first person I've seen react so much to "we don't make sense, we're bane dollars" and I love that it hit you like that. That is by far the most American thing I've ever heard and also by far my favorite part of the original video.

Hands down the fat electrician is the best military video creator factual and funny af hope to see you watching more of his videos

A F-15 demo team preformed at my local airshow last year. Still hands down one of the most impressive and awe inspiring performance and I put that over the F22 flight in the same show!

Had an F16 fly over me when I was returning from lunch at work. 😂😂😂😂😂 it was headed to the Indy 500 to my knowledge. It happened so fast and loud and earth shaking. I was thinking mere mortals can completely forget about ……..everything.

Posted this on Nick's video cause it had more crazy F-15 facts, including two pop culture facts I missed including. Alright, I found an old book on fighter jets to help add to this legend of a plane. You called it a rocket. NAH! It BEAT a rocket. It would actually set a world record in time-to-height and beat the Apollo moonshot at certain heights. It also set records for crossing the country as well. And let's not forget the big one: the F-15 was pretty much made due to translation error and luck. The Soviets had created the much overrated MiG-25 Foxbat, a interceptor capable of very high speeds of Mach 3 (which basically became a resource/money dump cause the Reds made it to counter a bomber we never even put into full production). The US got word of this new Mach 3 capable fighter and basically went "Oh shit, we need to beat this." Now, did you catch the mistake? If you did, you did better then US intel did. A translation error got the Foxbat labeled a FIGHTER instead of an INTERCEPTOR, which is important as one means a combat aircraft that is ment to stay and play if need be against all types of aircraft, the other is ment to go as fast as possible to intercept enemy bombers (typically) so being maneuverable isn't a need compared to top speed. So, the F-15 would be needed but SAC would've been an issue as well due to it usually being run by bomber generals...... cept that time the fighter jockeys got command of SAC and gleefully greenlit the program. Thus, the beautiful monster that is the Eagle came to be the king of the sky we know and love. Side note: ever notice the F-22 looks alot like an Eagle but made for stealth? Kinda the point, if it ain't broke, just make it a better plane anyway cause fuck fighting fair. One more fact is the F-15 is current the best fighter aircraft PERIOD due to both it's standing flawless kill ration of 104:0 and it's held that record for 50+ YEARS,. Yes, technically some planes have more kills but they importantly have losses as well so the Eagle reigns at the top as of now as none have been lost to enemy aircraft. As for pop culture, in the 80s Transformer cartoon, the F-15 was Starscream's vehicle mode cause the air commander insisted on assuming the form of the best combat aircraft he could, so he picked the Eagle then and the Raptor later in the Bay era. Finally, the F-15 would be the cover plane for Ace Combat Zero where your AI wingman, Pixy, has the same accident as the Israeli pilot and he paints his wing red as homage to his accident, even gaining the nickname 'Solo-wing Pixy.'

The satellite kill was a multi-stage ASM-135 missile, developed by LTV Aerospace. The Satellite orbited about 320 miles above sea level. The Satellite's name was Solwind P78-1.

That F-15 that lost its wing still had a small portion of the wing left but it still could fly. What looks blurry, that is the fuel coming out of the tank.

I've seen multiple other channels react to FE and everyone who has interacted with him all say he's genuinely an awesome guy. He's popped into Mr Terry's livestream amd sent him merch.

The F-15 is still in ACTIVE PRODUCTION with the US Air Force still buying them, including the brand new Eagle II variant which is replacing the older ones that have more flight hours on their airframe than the pilots have in total flight time. This is a 50 year old aircraft that is still DOMINANT. Also as an American, the whole "we don't make sense we make dollars", that line is true AF, no offense taken, I see it as a point of pride.

The F-22 has a war games record against the F-15 of 44-1

Fat Electrician Rocks! Freedom Fractions!

I love the F-15 Strike Eagle. (I have 2 brothers that were Air Force) However, due to personal experience as a US Army grunt, the Warthog has my heart and soul.

The thing about The Fat Electrician is that he is to Military and Military history as Casual Geographics is to Wildlife Biology and Wildlife Biology History. He's just going to give it to you as it is and it's your job to try to keep a straight face about how he's telling you the details. Also, what are you on about? "I haven't reacted to the F-15." That's the thing the US made in panic response to the Soviet Foxbat and it turns out that the US just reinvented aerial warfare due to that and made it the rest of the world's problem. The thing really differentiating the F-15, F-16, and F-18 from the F-22 and F-35 is stealth and combat intent. So the Teen series of fighters had to be fast. That was their anti-missile defense. However around the time of the F-18, engineers and the military realized something kind of important that ended up slowing down (as in physically, not the development time) of the F-22 and F-35. Most aerial combat doesn't happen at mach 2. It is usually sub sonic because sonic and super sonic flight is just asking for things to get ripped off. Then the F-22 and F-35 have stealth built into them. So instead of having to outrun a missile, the onus is put on the missile to find the 22 and 35 first. So the requirement to move at sonic and super sonic speed became less of a requirement as stealth became the focal defense and also there's little reason for an air superiority fighter to "efficiently" cruise at above mach speed because dogfights, should it come to that, don't happen at above mach speed.

Fun fact, a version of the f-15 that was stripped down to bare bones got to 93 thousand feet in 207 seconds. Thats faster than the Saturn V rocket.

The F15 is the hall of fame fighter who never lost a fight, the F22 is his protege who is better in nearly every way and everyone is afraid of him. The F35 is the f22 but instead of training under the F15 religiously since birth, it trained until it finished high school and then went to college and got its PH.D The F22 is the most deadly man made flying object in history, and the F35 is the F22 at 85-90% strength but also insanely smart. The F22 is so stealthy that the size of its radar cross section is somewhere between a bumblebee and a mayfly, while the F35's radar cross section is about the size of a hummingbird. A little bigger than the F22. The F22 is faster, more nimble, and overall deadlier in a 1v1, but the F35 is still absolutely an apex predator, and the F15 is a speed demon with missiles attached to it. *Edit, I've just learned that the new F-15EX "Eagle Two" is (among other upgrades) getting a massive boost to horsepower with new engines producing 11,000lbs MORE thrust, meaning it's literally getting supercharged and more technical upgrades like sensors and electronic warfare capabilities. If I'm understanding the numbers correctly its a nearly 60% additional boost to its thrust capability.

Neat thing on the F-15 that lost the wing and kept flying, if I remember right, is that the body of the plane generates slightly more lift than the wings combined due to the design. So losing the one wing didn't put it in a horribly unstable center of lift to center of mass offset that would result in it rapidly/instantly slipping into a unrecoverable spin. This combined with the very large control surfaces and it's speed and thrust allowed it to counter act the offset forces that did come into effect when it lost it's wing enough that... well it kept flying and landed lol. If it wasn't for these three factors, the high lift amount of the body, large control surfaces, and speed/thrust it couldn't of done what it did.

Prior service Eagle Keeper here. And it's a dream to maintain as well. On average it takes 2.5 - 3 hours for 3 crew chiefs to change an engine, modular avionics and other time saving tech. When compared to the F-4 where it takes 5 guys 8 hours to remove and engine, well, you get the picture.

F-15: I'm not stuck out here with you. You're stuck out here with me. Seriously, I lived near a lockheed base becausemy dad and I both worked there assembling jets like these. Hated working on F-35's but anytime an F-16 and rare cases, an F-15, I was delighted to see it and would often go pester the pilot about it who usually were more than happy to sit with me and my dad for dinner at a local BBQ place after work. I was always too scared to fly in one when given the chance because I had just been disgnosed with epilepsy during that time and wasn't sure if I was healthy enough, but man, seeing those things take off and even fly during air shows was such an amazing experience.

I live near a base where they routinely do test flights with these jets, I can't explain how loud these planes are. They literally shake your house as they fly overhead. If you're listening to anything, you have to pause it until they're gone, even with headphones on, you can't hear a single thing.

We have upgraded the F-15 several times and even changed out the engines to GE F110 cause you know, we thought it was too slow. The F-15EX is the new version and got deployed to its first fighter wing like 2 weeks ago.

A ground check engineer at MD St. Louis gave my son a picture take thru the vertical stabilizers of a inverted F-15, below the rim of the Grand Canyon at max 1.5.!!

At 10:01 the face luke makes after the bomb explodes says everything you need to know about the extremes of US Firepower, arsenal, logistics and just pure insanity

The incident mentioned was a training exercise when a f-15 collided with an a-4 both planes were operated by the IAF

Per Google: "Over 950 are still in service. The US Air Force has 460 active F-15 of all models (C, D. E and E-X). Israel has 84 activ"

The f15 will continue to be in use because it’s still pretty advanced and you don’t need the maximum technologically superiority of something like f35 if you already have total air superiority. If there’s no threats might as well use something cheaper than f35 that can carry more. Additionally, it’s important to note the us airforce is literally generations ahead of everyone else. We’ve already built a 5th gen fighter (f22), cut its production because it was so overkill it was unnecessary, waited a decade, and restarted with a new 5th gen fighter (f35) and built 1000 of them. The only country that might be close is China, who might have 5th gen as well but it’s hard to know if it’s actually as advanced as they claim or largely propaganda (or somewhere in between). The Russians technically have a couple but it’s like 12 and they don’t even seem to actually be 5th gen in performance. And the only other countries that are close are all just allies of the us that despite being close just bought f35 instead. Us upgraded 4th gen fighters will often still be a generation ahead of anything the us military needs to engage, so after some quick runs from f35 to destroy stuff like air defenses and other advanced fighters 4th gen fighters like f15 ex would be able to do a lot of the stuff because it’ll become a relatively low threat environment.

"Megatron has fallen! Decepticons follow me!"

I will never forget flying into Luke’s, I was Naval Aircrew, I have flown into a lot of air fields, I have never seen so many fighters in ine place at one time. Just hundreds and hundreds of F-15. Never ending row after never ending row.

F-15 was designed by fighter pilots after Vietnam (late '60s) & developed to be a single role air superiority fighter (& was later modified into a 2-seater multi-role airframe, the F-15E). Came out in '71 & went AF wide in '72. Was the first jet to accelerate going straight up (as in it could touch its rear 2 wheels down on the runway, drop its speed brake, pull up, go full after burner, then accelerate like a rocket vertically). The Fat Electrician was slightly wrong w one of his comments: McDonald-Douglas engineers determined that the Israel F15 was able to continue to fly with additional thrust due to the flat surface of the jet & the large rear ailerons creating enough lift to keep it in controlled flight. The original F-15A models were replaced by the C's & most of those are near the end of their airframe lifespan. They plane has been modified over the past 3 decades for various countries like Japan, Saudi Arabia, S. Korea & others, leading to both improvements as well as an F-15S (Silent Eagle) that had stealth characteristics from the F-22 built in. The F-22 out performs the F-15 in every category performance wise, other than range & payload capacity (as well as being much more expensive per hour to fly). The new F-15 EX model will be a HUGE step up from the previous versions - faster, more fuel efficient, lighter, fly by wire = much more maneuverable, & have way more modern electronics. The new EX model will be able to go toe-to-toe with any 4th or 4.5 gen fighter on the planet while serving as a "missile mule" for planes like the F-22 & F-35. Nice video - Cheers!

10:30 The F-15 hasn't been "REPLACED", it's just not in the main lobby of the fleet. It still serves along with the newer generation (also like the older A-10, still does it's job perfectly even though it's got a couple decades on it's rapsheet)

Hey my friend, thank you for your service, from a Canadian Army vet (First Field Artillery, Halifax-Dartmouth) Reserves, Great video!

we still have a good number of 15s (and 16s/22s/35s) at Eglin

The F-15 still serves a purpose in missions as auxiliary air support and missions where stealth is a lower priority...it's a legit badass aircraft that has earned its place in the ranks...much like the A-10 and other legendary aircraft

Boots on the ground means that your favorite aircraft should be the A-10 Thunderbolt, followed by the AC-130 Spectre Gunship as a close second.

The Percy Hobart video is a really good one too. Without him the Western Front in Europe would never have happened, and North Africa would have been lost. No joke.

I saw a dcumentary on the F-15 that lost the wing. It cracked me up when it said the mfr rushed over a team to figure out how it was able to fly. The fuselage bottom had acted like a lifting body, and the 1+ thrust did the rest. I guess this qualifies as 'overdesigned.'

F15C (air superiority) and F15E Strike Eagle which is both air and ground capable. F15E is totally badass.

I know I am late, but we still use the F-15 a lot. It lives on in different variations and I think we still use the regular one as well. Though the different ones are the F-15 Silent Eagle stealth variant. There is the F-15 Strike Eagle variant allowing it to carry more weapons. Just recently the F-15 X or EX or something, came out. There may be more but that’s all I remember.

The F-15 has been replaced as our primary air superiority jet but the F-22 but it has not been decommed yet. We still have 200 something of them in the air.

My dad used to work on the F-15 un the late 70's and the 80's.

The pilot of the F15 that lost its wing said after landing. If i could have seen my wing was gone i would have ejected. The pilot of the F16 that collided with the F15 ejected immediately.

Nic's a pretty chill dude from everything I've seen/heard, if you reach out to him I highly suspect he'd have no problem doing a Collab or letting you react to everything he put out

I remember the first time i saw F15s take off vertical like that and the sonic boom they made flying by beyond the sound barrier. Dad used to take me to the air show every few years. It was always impressive no matter how many times i experienced it.

Power to weight ratio is one of the best measurements to determine acceleration aka "quickness"

I'm an air Navy vet and this an awesome plane. I'm jealous.

You’re right 5:57. It has been upgraded. Hundreds of times. Workhorse.

I'm glad you said "as a citizen, you are kinda allowed to laugh at yourself." More than that, you are allowed to laugh at others. You have a wonderful freedom of speech! I wanted dual citizenship, but European laws are so strict!

In order for the F-22 to be in production, it had to outperform the Eagle. Which is hard SF!

When he says replaced, the 22 has replaced the 15 as the dominant air to air fighter, meaning the 22 will kill more, however the 15 is still used extensively

"We don't make sense we make dollars." I am SO getting that tattooed somewhere.

It makes me so happy to see others enjoying fat electrician. The man is doing amazing things for making history fun.

I found the fat electrian lile 2 months ago, and i drive for a living.. so ive listened to just about every video he has out! This dude is HILARIOUS! And educational! I love it

The one on Percy Hobart is great who knew a Brit came up with blitzkreg

Natural born American right here, and if anyone from our country gives you shit for laughing at just good fun, is just being ridiculous and shouldn't be taken seriously. You do you my friend.

The reason why there aren't any more F-22s (and likely won't be) is because the F-22 production chain was cannibalized for the F-35 project. In the early 2000s, it was determined by Congress that having an advanced stealth air supremacy fighter wasn't needed since Afghan rebels and terrorists didn't have any kind of sophisticated anti-aircraft systems or 5th generation aircraft. And the F-35 project likely only went forward because it was a join, multi-national effort and America had obligations to that. The problem now is that age-old adage about the military being fit for fighting the last war, not the current one. Which means that now, we really need an air superiority fighter like the F-22, not a multi-role strike aircraft like the F-35.

originally that was the plan, to replace the Eagle 1 for 1 with Raptors, but they were too expensive so only built maybe 20% of the original plan, and many Eagles were kept in service. if you're back in the UK there are two on static display according to wikipedia, RAF Lakenheath and the Air Museum in Duxford

It's America, if we made sense, we wouldn't be able to pull off the impossible like a party trick.

You should watch his videos all the way to the end cuz he does outros in the last 10-20 seconds after he flashes his logo. You’re missing out on some of the best content of his videos.

This F15 aircraft is called “the biggest distributor of Mig parts.” This is so because in over 105 (not 104) air to air engagements worldwide against enemy fighter planes, especially against Russian Migs, it has never lost an air to air battle, never. I worked for the company that made the radar on the aircraft, RTX Company (formerly known as Hughes Aircraft, and later Raytheon). Today was my last day; as I just retired today. I’m proud to say that I had a hand on this aircraft, ultimately protecting our nation as well as that of our allies.

has a Joint Forward Observer AKA army JTAC. the f15E strike eagle will never go away. A fighter that can carry out massive ground strikes at MACH. Also they are working on the F15X. its crazy

I remember when my Aircrew landed at Luke’s that was the most F-15s I have ever seen. Just row after row of bad ass fighter jets.

the trouble with newer generation stealth fighters is that the reliance on internal bomb/missiles bays to maintain their low signature, severely limits overall payload. The F15 on the other hand is extremely versatile & can mount pretty much every fighter based weapon system in the airforce arsenal.

By replace, they mean that the primary mission duties and capabilities of the F-15 are being incorporated into the mission and capabilities of the 22. The 22 is going to be used the way the 15 was used in the past.

My Dad Was a Fighter Pilot who flew the F-15E in Several Squadrons across America and in foreign countries. 29 years in the United States Air Force Proud of my dad and everyone who serves our country!

The last F-15 Eagle was produced in 1987 making the newest ones 35 years old. Boeing is starting to make a new version of the F-15 called the F-15EX Eagle 2 that can carry 22 missiles or up to 29,000 pounds of ordinance and has the data transfer capability to let the F-35 select targets so that the aircraft can remain outside of the enemy's range.

Over 950 F-15s are still in service. The US Air Force has 460 active F-15 of all models (C, D. E and E-X). Israel has 84 active (A, B, C, D, and I). Japan has 200 active (J and DJ), Saudi Arabia has 211 active (C, D, and SA). There was a stealthier model developed (F-15SE), but not put into service (had the signature of the smaller f-16). There are 186 F22s in service. The F-15's latest version is the EX, so yes, it will see many more years of service. Also, the F-15 is the only fighter to shoot down a satellite. The F-22 is only a replacement in the sense of it has stealth. But shear speed and firepower goes to the F-15.

The F-22 is the direct successor to the F-15 as an air superiority fighter. The F-22 program received heavy criticism during its production due to the high cost, because people were like “Why do we need this, the F-15 works just fine.” The US Government then proceeded to go “hold my defense budget” and put *ONE* F-22 against five F-15. Not only did the F-22 score a “kill” on all 5 F-15s, the F-15 pilots said they couldn’t even see the F-22 until it was too late

The nice thing about TFE is he doesn't do strictly American videos. That tank video is about a British officer. He has some other British ones too

The F-15 is basically the king of non stealth fighters.

I just want to point out as an American, you said absolutely nothing offensive about America. Being able to laugh at yourself like you said, is a great thing to be able to do. Also thank you for your service and we are proud to have you as an American citizen 🇺🇲🇬🇧

That was a vapor cone, not breaking the sound barrier. That's what happens when airflow over the airframe causes moisture in the air to condense.

It’s the power to weight ration due to the size of the aircraft and the power the engines produce = 1/1. Giving the F-15 eagle not just speed but maneuverability in dog fights. Thus making the F-15 a very big threat in air to air combat. Coupled with look down shoot down radar, this fighter can also cover beyond visual range engagements as well. It’s the best of what the Us has fielded and proven in combat.