List of McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle operators
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 have also operated the aircraft. The units it has been assigned to, and the bases it has been stationed are listed below.
Operators
Israel
- 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 squadrons and one F-15C/D 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]
- 106 Squadron ("The Head of the Spear Squadron") Tel Nof Airbase (F-15A/B/C/D)
- 133 Squadron ("The Twin-Tail Knights Squadron") Tel Nof Airbase (F-15A/B/C/D)
- 69 Squadron – Hatzerim AFB (F-15I)
Two F-15J Eagles of the 202nd TFS, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, take off in formation during a joint USA/Japan exercise.
Japan
- Japan Air Self-Defense Force operates Mitsubishi F-15J and F-15DJ fighters. It had 157 F-15Js and 45 F-15DJs in use as of November 2008.[3][4]
- 2nd Air Wing Chitose Air Base
- 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron
- 203rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
- 6th Air Wing Komatsu Air Base
- 303rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
- 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron
- 5th Air Wing Nyutabaru Air Base
- 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron
- 9th Air Wing Naha Air Base
- 204th Tactical Fighter Squadron
- 304th Tactical Fighter Squadron
- 2nd Air Wing Chitose Air Base
South Korea
- Republic of Korea Air Force has ordered a combined 61 F-15K "Slam Eagle" with one lost in an accident.[5] It has 45 F-15Ks in use in January 2011.[2]
- 11th Fighter Wing (제11전투비행단), based at Daegu
- 102nd Fighter Squadron
- 122nd Fighter Squadron
- 11th Fighter Wing (제11전투비행단), based at Daegu
RSAF F-15 following air-to-air refuelling from a KC-135
Saudi Arabia
- Royal Saudi Air Force has operated 4 squadrons of F-15C/D (55/19) since 1981, received under Peace Sun. 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) Eagles in operation as of January 2011.[2] It also operated 69 F-15S Eagles as of January 2011.[2]
- No. 2 Wing RSAF – King Abdullah Aziz Air Base
- No. 5 Squadron RSAF (F-15C/D)
- No. 34 Squadron RSAF (F-15C/D)
- No. 3 Wing RSAF – King Abdullah Aziz 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)
- No. 2 Wing RSAF – King Abdullah Aziz Air Base
Singapore
- Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has ordered 24 F-15SG fighters.[6] It has 15 F-15SGs in use in January 2011.
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.
United States
- NASA operated two F-15As on trials work.
- United States Air Force operated 254 F-15C/D aircraft (222 in the active Air Force and 32 in the ANG) as of September 2010.[8] Bold type below indicates Air Force units (Active, ANG and AFRC) operating F-15s in January 2012. In addition the USAF also operates 219 F-15E variants as of September 2016.
- Active units[9]
- Air Combat Command
- 1st Fighter Wing – Langley AFB, Virginia
- 4th Fighter Wing – Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina
- 333d Fighter Squadron (F-15E)
- 334th Fighter Squadron (F-15E)
- 335th Fighter Squadron (F-15E)
- 336th Fighter Squadron (F-15E)
- 33d Fighter Wing – Eglin AFB, Florida
- 49th Fighter Wing – Holloman AFB, New Mexico
- 53d Wing – Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
- 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron (F-15C, F-15E)
- 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nevada (F-15C, F-15E)
- 57th Wing – Nellis AFB, Nevada
- 17th Weapons Squadron (F-15E)
- 65th Aggressor Squadron (F-15C/D)
- 433d Weapons Squadron
- 366th Fighter Wing – Mountain Home AFB, Idaho (F-15C/D units inactivated; F-15E units retained)
- 389th Fighter Squadron (F-15E)
- 390th Fighter Squadron
- 391st Fighter Squadron (F-15E)
- 428th Fighter Squadron mixed USAF/RSAF unit for training RSAF personnel on the new F-15SG (Peace Carvin V)
- 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (F-15E)
- 455th Air Expeditionary Wing – Bagram AB, Afghanistan (F-15E)
- Air Education and Training Command
- 325th Fighter Wing – Tyndall AFB, Florida
- 405th Tactical Training Wing / 58th Fighter Wing / 56th Fighter Wing – Luke AFB, Arizona
- 426th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (former F-15E, inactivated 1990)
- 461st Fighter Squadron (F-15E, inactivated 1994)
- 550th Fighter Squadron (F-15E, inactivated 1991, Reactivated 1994-1995)
- 555th Fighter Squadron (F-15E, Transferred to Aviano AB, Italy (F-16C), 1994)
- Pacific Air Forces
- 3d Wing – Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
- 18th Wing – Kadena AB, Japan
- 12th Fighter Squadron
- 44th Fighter Squadron (F-15C/D)
- 67th Fighter Squadron (F-15C/D)
- United States Air Forces in Europe
- 32d Fighter Group – Soesterberg AB, Netherlands (former operator, base closed, group inactivated)
- 36th Fighter Wing – Bitburg AB, Germany
- 22d Fighter Squadron (F-15C/D, Transferred to Spangdalem AB (F-16CJ), 1994)
- 53d Fighter Squadron (F-15C/D, Transferred to Spangdalem AB (F-15C/D), 1994)
- 525th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-15C/D, Inactivated 1992)
- 48th Fighter Wing – RAF Lakenheath, UK
- 492d Fighter Squadron (F-15E)
- 493d Fighter Squadron (F-15C/D)
- 494th Fighter Squadron (F-15E)
- 52d Fighter Wing – Spangdahlem AB, Germany
- 53d Fighter Squadron (former F-15C/D, Transferred from Bitburg AB, 1994, Inactivated 1999)
- Air Defense – Tactical Air Command (ADTAC)
- Air Force Material Command
- 46th Test Wing / 96th Test Wing – Eglin AFB
- 40th Flight Test Squadron (F-15E)
- 412th Test Wing – Edwards AFB, California
- 415th Flight Test Squadron (F-15E)
- 419th Flight Test Squadron (F-15C/D, F-15E)
- 46th Test Wing / 96th Test Wing – Eglin AFB
- Air Combat Command
- Air Force Reserve
- Air Force Reserve Command
- 414th Fighter Group – Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina
- 307th Fighter Squadron (F-15E)
- 414th Fighter Group – Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina
- Air Force Reserve Command
- Air National Guard
- Florida Air National Guard
- 125th Fighter Wing – Jacksonville International Airport/Jacksonville ANGB
- 159th Fighter Squadron (F-15C/D)
- 125th Fighter Wing – Jacksonville International Airport/Jacksonville ANGB
- California Air National Guard
- 144th Fighter Wing – Fresno ANGB/March ARB - Converted from F-16 to F-15 in 2013.[10]
- Hawaii Air National Guard
- Louisiana Air National Guard
- Massachusetts Air National Guard
- 104th Fighter Wing – Barnes Municipal Airport/Barnes ANGB
- 131st Fighter Squadron (F-15C/D)
- 104th Fighter Wing – Barnes Municipal Airport/Barnes ANGB
- Missouri Air National Guard
- Montana Air National Guard
- 120th Fighter Wing – Great Falls International Airport/Great Falls ANGB - last F-15s transferred out of unit in October 2013. Unit re-equipped with C-130 in 2014 and transfer from Air Combat Command to Air Mobility Command.[11]
- 186th Fighter Squadron (F-15C/D)
- 120th Fighter Wing – Great Falls International Airport/Great Falls ANGB - last F-15s transferred out of unit in October 2013. Unit re-equipped with C-130 in 2014 and transfer from Air Combat Command to Air Mobility Command.[11]
- Oregon Air National Guard
- 142d Fighter Wing – Portland International Airport/Portland ANGS
- 123d Fighter Squadron (F-15C/D)
- 173d Fighter Wing[12] – Kingsley Field ANGB
- 114th Fighter Squadron (F-15C/D)
- 142d Fighter Wing – Portland International Airport/Portland ANGS
- Florida Air National Guard
References
- Citations
- ↑ Gething 1983
- 1 2 3 4 5 "World Military Aircraft Inventory". 2011 Aerospace. Aviation Week and Space Technology, January 2011.
- ↑ "Directory: World Air Forces". Flight International, 11–17 November 2008.
- ↑ "Japan Air Self-Defence Force, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
- ↑ Duk-kun, Byun. "Air Force receives last shipment of F-15K fighter jet." Yonhap News, 8 October 2008.
- ↑ "Speech by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean at the Inauguration of the F-15SG 149 Squadron." MINDEF press release, 5 April 2010. Retrieved: 20 April 2010.
- ↑ "Inauguration of the RSAF's First Local F-15SG Squadron." MINDEF press release, 5 April 2010. Retrieved: 20 April 2010.
- ↑ Mehuron, Tamar A., Assoc. Editor. 2011 "USAF Almanac, Fact and Figures." Air Force Magazine, May 2011. Retrieved: 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Wings, Groups, Centers." Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved: 11 March 2012.
- ↑ http://www.144fw.ang.af.mil/index.asp
- ↑ http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20131026/NEWS01/310260017/Changing-Guard-MANG-says-farewell-F-15-fighter-jets
- ↑ "173 Fighter Wing." 173fw.ang.af.mil. Retrieved: 30 December 2010.
- Bibliography
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- Davies, Steve. Combat Legend, F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle. London: Airlife Publishing, Ltd., 2002. ISBN 1-84037-377-6.
- Davies, Steve. F-15C/E Eagle Units of operation Iraqi Freedom (Osprey Combat Aircraft #47). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 2004. ISBN 978-1-84176-802-1.
- Davies, Steve and Doug Dildy. F-15 Eagle Engaged, The World's Most Successful Jet Fighter. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84603-169-4.
- Gething, Michael J. F-15 Eagle (Modern Fighting Aircraft). New York: Arco, 1983. ISBN 0-668-05902-8.
- Jenkins, Dennis R. McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Supreme Heavy-Weight Fighter. Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1-85780-081-8.
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