Re:Boeing gearing up for 787 move to South Carolina
by nickff on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @03:13PM
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>"All aircraft have non-combat losses; that's the nature of flying a high performance aircraft."
F-15 have been lost in combat but not air-to-air combat.
Re:Boeing gearing up for 787 move to South Carolina
by greedo on Friday October 02, 2020 @09:42AM
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Only 2 F-15E Strike Eagles have been lost in combat. One shot down by gunfire during Desert Storm, and another to an SA-2 during the same conflict. No other F-15 models have been lost in combat, though there have been plenty of non-combat losses.
What a ridiculous metric. All aircraft have non-combat losses; that's the nature of flying a high performance aircraft.
There were almost 1k F-15s built (excluding the Strike Eagle models) for the USAF. Not exactly "small numbers." And the F-15 didn't necessitate the LWFC, that was a budget decision to help protect other aircraft manufacturers.
The F-15 is arguably the second most important fighter the USAF has ever had (the P-51 or P-47 can fight over first). And Boyd has been wrong about many aircraft designs. His fan club hates the way the F-16 turned out, but it too has been incredibly successful by any metric applied.