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Current operators of the F-15 in cyan, F-15E in red, both in dark blue

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

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 Israel

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Israeli F-15 "Baz"
  • 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]

 Japan

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Two pale-gray jet aircraft taking off side-by side towards right of camera
Two F-15J Eagles of the 202nd TFS, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, take off in formation during a joint US/Japan exercise

 South Korea

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RSAF F-15 following air-to-air refuelling from a KC-135
  • Republic of Korea Air Force received 61 F-15K "Slam Eagle" with two being lost in accidents.[5] It has 59 F-15Ks in use.[2]
    • 11th Fighter Wing (제11전투비행단), based at Daegu
      • 102nd Fighter Squadron
      • 122nd Fighter Squadron
      • 110th Fighter Squadron

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

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 Saudi Arabia

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  • 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]
    • No. 2 Wing RSAF – King Abdulaziz Air Base
      • No. 5 Squadron RSAF (F-15C/D)
      • No. 34 Squadron RSAF (F-15C/D)
    • No. 3 Wing RSAF – King Abdulaziz Air Base
      • No. 13 Squadron RSAF (F-15C/D)
      • No. 92 Squadron RSAF (F-15S)
    • No. 5 Wing RSAF – King Khalid Air Base
      • No. 6 Squadron RSAF (F-15S)
      • No. 55 Squadron RSAF (F-15S)
    • No. 7 Wing RSAF – King Faisal Air Base
      • No. 2 Squadron RSAF (F-15C/D)
A F-15SG of the Singapore Air Force

 Singapore

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 United States

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F-15Es from the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxi to their parking spots on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam during exercise Valiant Shield 2006.
An F-15E Strike Eagle breaking away from a tanker.
Pilots walking to their F-15 Eagles at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.
An F-15D operated by NASA flying over the Mojave Desert

References

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Citations
  1. ^ Gething 1983
  2. ^ a b c d e "World Military Aircraft Inventory". 2011 Aerospace. Aviation Week and Space Technology, January 2011.
  3. ^ "Directory: World Air Forces". Flight International, 11–17 November 2008.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Duk-kun, Byun. "Air Force receives last shipment of F-15K fighter jet." Yonhap News, 8 October 2008.
  6. ^ "Boeing Unveils F-15 Qatar Advanced Jets". MediaRoom. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Most advanced version of venerable F-15 fighter jet rolls out". New Atlas. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Heads up .... RAF Mildenhall!". Scramble.nl. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Qatar Emiri Air Force". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  10. ^ "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)
  11. ^ "Maintenance Notification".
  12. ^ "Inauguration of the RSAF's First Local F-15SG Squadron." Archived 5 August 2012 at archive.today MINDEF press release, 5 April 2010. Retrieved: 20 April 2010.
  13. ^ Gibbs, Yvonne (3 June 2015). "NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: F-15B Aeronautics Research Test Bed". NASA. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  14. ^ "F=15D Support Aircraft". NASA. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  15. ^ Mehuron, Tamar A., Assoc. Editor. 2011 "USAF Almanac, Fact and Figures." Air Force Magazine, May 2011. Retrieved: 1 January 2012.
  16. ^ "Wings, Groups, Centers." Archived 11 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved: 11 March 2012.
  17. ^ "144th Fighter Wing".
  18. ^ http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20131026/NEWS01/310260017/Changing-Guard-MANG-says-farewell-F-15-fighter-jets
  19. ^ "173 Fighter Wing." 173fw.ang.af.mil. Retrieved: 30 December 2010.
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