Well, it also has to do with "population." The F-15 and F-16 have a much wider and robust inventory. The government hard cut the F-22 inventory with no intentions of rebooting that back up.
@steeljawX the F-22 is limited in its capabilities though. Pure air superiority. The 15 and 16 are more multi role aircraft, with the 15 E and EX being a true multi role fighter
@@brandonhill2183 It is capable of doing air to ground missions and has been used to drop bombs on the enemy in Syria but I do agree that it isn't made for that. Unlike the F15 and F16 who can do pretty much everything
They did a contest ... 4 or 5 F-15s vs a single F-22. Stealth is the unfair advantage. They described it as the F-22 "killing baby seals" as it killed all of the F-15s without even being seen. 🦭
you forget, that the F-15 was and still is able to lock onto, and fire at enemy fighters before they appear on an enemy fighter's radar. so half the time. the ones that see the F-15 on radar are already fighting for their lives trying not to get shot down
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
DAMN RIGHT NOTHING WILL STOP THE US AIR FORCE!! THE US AIR FORCE PUTS WARHEADS ON FOREHEADS!! DROPS MARINES LIKE VACCINES! HIGH VELOCITY UNHEALTHCARE!! DONT FUCK WITH AMERICA’S BOATS!
XD The Foxbat XD USSR: the Foxbat is a superior fighter craft USA: well shit... F-15, introduce yourself USSR: What the hell is that?! i ment it's faster aircraft... it's not a fighter, tis intercepter... not turn so well.. USA: oh... well.... guess you should have said that the first time. now let me show you what the F-15 can do USSR: oh crap... we've made a mistake....but your F-15 is still slower, there for the MiG-25 is better.
I swear this is true for at least half of the gear in US inventories. Russians talk up their gear we believe them and create something to pound the snot out of it only to find out the enemy capabilities were greatly overstated.
@@Randoman USSR: i said the Foxbat is.....where is the child to whom i was speaking to? i cannot find him on radar. Ah, he must have flown away after seeing True Russian power.
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.
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.
in fact that's where the F-15EX comes into play. it fields some ' upgrades ' the countries that still use it wanted us to put on it. ( kind of a multi-national project at this point )
The EX has so many hard points it qualifies as a missile truck. They could be used in conjunction with F-35's, where the F-35 picks the targets, and the EX kills them.
Well...to be specific, never shot down in air combat is not the same as never ever shot down. A significant number of F-15s have been shot down, just never in air to air combat...those SAMs can be a real bitch. 😁
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.
F-22 was "meant" but short sightedness by the Govt led it to never be used in combat, so far its got 1 weather balloon to its credit. The NGAD will be the next Best Fighter whenever it comes out.
@AlbertoMartinez765 The government will still force the issue since there are very few generals with the balls to stand up and point out the forest for the trees.
@@AlbertoMartinez765 It hasn't been used is actually false. It has flow combat missions just hasn't fired its weapons outside the balloon. The "you should go home now" story is a great example.
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".
Yes, as the Eagle flies for many nations air forces. Trivia…the Eagles first kill was achieved w the Israeli Air Force, against a MiG 25 I think flown by Syria or Egypt in the 70s.
@@jimreilly917 70s then likely Egyptian, maybe Palestinian as the 70s was when the 7 day war between Israel and Egypt happened, in which the then Palestine decided to join in and help the Egyptians only to then lose... everything
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.
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
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.
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.'
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.
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 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.
I was Security Forces for an F-15 base with an active mission. This is one bad ass plane. We had the oldest F-15s in the Air Force inventory, but they were the best maintained. Southern Oregon holds the F-15 flight school. They started pairing F-15s with the F-22. The entire nose of the F-15 is a radar, its job is to take out enemy air craft before the enemy even knows the F-15 is there. The reasoning for pairing the F-15 with the F-22 is so that the F-15 can mark for the F-22 while the F-22 is able to use its stealth capability in conjunction with the F-15s radar. This gives them more battlefield knowledge when there is no AWAX available. The F-15 can also fly in the stratosphere and shoot down satellites with proper armament. The clip where the F-15 takes off and breaks the sound barrier, thats my base. They only do this during an alert take off, which means something is violating air space and/or is a threat. Its amazing to watch. Never gets old, especially at night when you get to see the afterburner cookin!
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.
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
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.
5:30 That's the whole reason for the newer version of the F-15 it will work with F-35's as a workhorse carrying large loads of ammunition while the F-35 directs the combat and targeting. So yeah the F-15 isn't being replaced completely for a while.
It would be awesome to see a Collab with you and the Fed electrician between your enthusiasm for the US military and his unseemly never-ending knowledge make for a great duo. Thank you for reacting to this. Looking forward to to more! 🤙
I work for the air force and the F-15 is what most pilots coming into the air force want to fly. They are quick and very deadly to hostel aircraft. It is without a question , My favorite jet. P.S. Love your channel and your videos.
Nah man he genuinely is fine with people reacting. I mean, Kip is a gamer that's never been in the military, and he's reacted to all of TFE's long-form videos.
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.
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!
I saw a documentary 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.'
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.!!
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.
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
it can see it, it just can't target it. you can "see" stealth aircraft on radar, but gaining a weapons grade lock is damn near impossible until they're within like 20 miles. far far outside the range of the 100 mile AMRAAM d models. @@ripstake
That wasnt just vs F-15s it was F-15s and other unnamed aircraft. Usually when F-15s score a kill on F-22 it is in a 1v4+ and or the F-22 has to dogfight with multiple aircraft, or the F-22 has its radar disabled or is put in an ambushed scenario.
You being a brother across da pond, I think your half right. You do it right... his link down below... gave a tutorial... giving credit counts. And you, some how, actually give commentary! Brilliant!
The Raptor only replaced the Eagle in a high speed interceptor role. It's ground attack capability is an afterthought and it's primary air to air role is severely limited by its internal munitions racks.
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.
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)
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.
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 🇺🇲🇬🇧
I think the wildest part of the video is the fact that the F-15 is getting a modern day sequel. The original's already terrifying, how the new one gonna go?
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
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.
TFE Is great for Military videos and he teaches a lot of stories that were left out of US History classes in school. I would love to watch more reactions to his stuff. I think you did it well and you now have a new fan.
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.
The F-15 Eagle has been upgraded recently and I can assure you that any pilot (Even F-22) that comes against it in air-to-air combat is going to shit their pants. POWER!
The F-15 is like a flying Deadpool, it's just unhinged in what it can do and has done. They aren't retired yet, we still use them, but there is a stealth version coming out. They say that if you get in a visual range fight with an F-15 you're still in trouble even with a 5th generation jet because once in visual range the odds start favoring the pilot in the plane as much as the plane itself. And when it comes to raw dogfights the eagles are still a real problem.
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.
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.
Knowing that there’s talk to have the F-15 replace the F-22 because it’s cheaper to maintain and that there’s talk of making a stealth version of it means that the 15 and BUFF are the only, known to me, aircraft that can out perform newer stuff and is planned on sticking around for some time is just mental to me
The 7300 number is the number of engines produced. There were only 1,198 F-15s produced of all variations. In addition they built 61 F-15k for South Korea.
Here's how it works: The F-15 is loaded with the anti-satellite missile. It flies up to the very edge of space and launches the missile into the path of the satellite and the missile uses onboard radar to fix and guide itself into impact at ~17,000 mph
The F-22 really only replaced the F-15C (Eagle), a single seat fighter, was America's previous air superiority fighter. Which we still have and operate a lot of. The F-15E (Strike Eagle or Mudhen as the pilots call it) is a 2 seater multirole fighter meaning it was good for before air to air stuff but it really excelled at air to ground strike missions. The 22 is just top dog for air to air now. It's stealth capabilities and ability to supercruise (cruise above Mach 1 without being in afterburner) make it unmatched.
It’s also important to see why the branches of us military use different aircraft for example the usmc replaced the ch-47 with the v-22 so we can put troops in the ground from a further distance and the army uses it because it’s battle tested, marines still use the h1 platform because it’s battle tested while the army replaced the respective roles of each h1 platform to fit the needs of their mission
This is the first time I’ve seen one of your video. I can’t see the details precisely, but is that the Stormlight Archive in your bookshelf? Along with the Arcanum, by chance?
He says it best in his videos, the F22 is the Ivy League graduate with the 4.0 and planned out future. The F15 is the 20 year felon who's 'trying' to go straight but is one bad day away from deleting you and everyone you know.
He wasn't meaning that the F15 was being replaced with the F22, Just that the title of "best " was being shifted to the more modern and stealthy aircraft.
Ground Crew: "Which aircraft is yours, Sir?" F-15 Pilot: "The one that says 'Bad Mother F___er' on it" If you are in the air and see an F-15 on radar, you should turn and RUN .... FAST!
It's replaced at the "Best" but DEFINITELY not replacing the F15. They just released a new model in the past few years. F15, 16, 22 and 35 are going to dominate some shit for a loooong time
The A-10 comes close on the missing wing feature. It can also compensate for a lost wing. Unfortunately in the one documented example this has happened the pilot tried take out a SAM that fired at him, except the wing wasn’t there and he spun out. He could have probably landed. Yeah in America we create aircraft with a high survivability rating lol.
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.
F15-EX Eagle 2 is in the skies now. It is literally the newest fighter jet released until the NGAD and Loyal Wingman Program finishes testing. The later 2 being 6th gen fighters.
Little known fact The speed and acceleration of the f15 are why the thunderbirds (USAF Air Performers) use the f16 instead. "Safety" was quoted as to why this is At least According to my uncle who served in the USAF
My 3rd favorite. My favorite is the F 22, my 2nd favorite is the F 14 and then the F 15 but they all are amazing airplanes and to have them all on your team is awesome and that's not even counting the F-16 or the F-18
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.
Well, it also has to do with "population." The F-15 and F-16 have a much wider and robust inventory. The government hard cut the F-22 inventory with no intentions of rebooting that back up.
@steeljawX the F-22 is limited in its capabilities though. Pure air superiority. The 15 and 16 are more multi role aircraft, with the 15 E and EX being a true multi role fighter
@@brandonhill2183 It is capable of doing air to ground missions and has been used to drop bombs on the enemy in Syria but I do agree that it isn't made for that. Unlike the F15 and F16 who can do pretty much everything
@Peter_Aranyos_Jr correct, it's design and purpose is not strike or CAS.
They did a contest ... 4 or 5 F-15s vs a single F-22. Stealth is the unfair advantage. They described it as the F-22 "killing baby seals" as it killed all of the F-15s without even being seen. 🦭
F the people who are offended, "we don't make sense we make dollars". That is a brilliant line.
It's also *peak* America.
Did everyone miss the “dictate” joke within the same joke?
It is pure Merica
'Murcans can own who we are. We know it.
@@jasonknight1085 Sure do!
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”
Yup!!😂😂😂😂
Some Halloween bs
Yep. It makes the game fair. You see me coming, you have a chance to run away.
you forget, that the F-15 was and still is able to lock onto, and fire at enemy fighters before they appear on an enemy fighter's radar. so half the time. the ones that see the F-15 on radar are already fighting for their lives trying not to get shot down
@@Romza37the f15 radar sees all
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
One of the BEST descriptions of the Eagle ever written.🦅
DAMN RIGHT NOTHING WILL STOP THE US AIR FORCE!! THE US AIR FORCE PUTS WARHEADS ON FOREHEADS!! DROPS MARINES LIKE VACCINES! HIGH VELOCITY UNHEALTHCARE!!
DONT FUCK WITH AMERICA’S BOATS!
Remember, the F15 WANT to be seen
You had us at flying mike tyson lol
Got the biggest screen and instead of lurking in the dark, it baits you with his arrogance and get you with its charming superiority. 😂 @@sacresula
The F-15 is what you get when the enemy lies about their own fighter capabilities.
XD The Foxbat XD
USSR: the Foxbat is a superior fighter craft
USA: well shit... F-15, introduce yourself
USSR: What the hell is that?! i ment it's faster aircraft... it's not a fighter, tis intercepter... not turn so well..
USA: oh... well.... guess you should have said that the first time. now let me show you what the F-15 can do
USSR: oh crap... we've made a mistake....but your F-15 is still slower, there for the MiG-25 is better.
@@Romza37F22: What did you just say to my father!
I swear this is true for at least half of the gear in US inventories. Russians talk up their gear we believe them and create something to pound the snot out of it only to find out the enemy capabilities were greatly overstated.
@@Randoman
USSR: i said the Foxbat is.....where is the child to whom i was speaking to? i cannot find him on radar. Ah, he must have flown away after seeing True Russian power.
Perfect
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.
Khazarion zionist
Khazarian*
and when he landed, his name went down in history as the only man to fly with a gansta lean
Might be one of the planes that Isreal used to strafe the life rafts of the USS Liberty. Greatest ally....
A USAF Eagle landed on one wing long before that.
I am American and I like the “we make dollars not sense” motto. Sounds like something we would say.
F-22 Raptor: You will never see me coming, or going.
F15 Eagle: HERE I FUCKING COME!
Yippie-ki-ay, motherfuckers!
PreeeeeeZactly.
You can’t see me and eat my shite.
Stealth? No.
Pure fucking freedom? *YES*
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F-22: You're dead before you knew I was there
F-15: Seeing me coming just means you get to look death in the eyes
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.
in fact that's where the F-15EX comes into play. it fields some ' upgrades ' the countries that still use it wanted us to put on it. ( kind of a multi-national project at this point )
The new F-15EX is supposed to take over for the older E model since we only have a about 180 F-22 Raptors
it’s replacing old C models, not the E
The EX has so many hard points it qualifies as a missile truck. They could be used in conjunction with F-35's, where the F-35 picks the targets, and the EX kills them.
"We don't make sense we make dollars" is legitimately the most American phrase I've ever heard
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
Well...to be specific, never shot down in air combat is not the same as never ever shot down. A significant number of F-15s have been shot down, just never in air to air combat...those SAMs can be a real bitch. 😁
@@iKvetch558 no one likes SAM
@@achillesm203 Except for that Weasel guy...he sure is Wild about SAM. 😜
oorah brother. Then you earned that citizenship. We had a guy in my platoon from Guyana doing the same thing. I respect that.
Outstanding, Marine. Where from originally?
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.
F-22 was "meant" but short sightedness by the Govt led it to never be used in combat, so far its got 1 weather balloon to its credit. The NGAD will be the next Best Fighter whenever it comes out.
@AlbertoMartinez765 The government will still force the issue since there are very few generals with the balls to stand up and point out the forest for the trees.
@@AlbertoMartinez765 It hasn't been used is actually false. It has flow combat missions just hasn't fired its weapons outside the balloon. The "you should go home now" story is a great example.
@@Ammo1313I bet the real kill number is still classified
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".
Yes, as the Eagle flies for many nations air forces. Trivia…the Eagles first kill was achieved w the Israeli Air Force, against a MiG 25 I think flown by Syria or Egypt in the 70s.
@@jimreilly917 almost all of the 104 kills are Israeli.
@@jimreilly917 70s then likely Egyptian, maybe Palestinian as the 70s was when the 7 day war between Israel and Egypt happened, in which the then Palestine decided to join in and help the Egyptians only to then lose... everything
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.
😂😂💀
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
Practically a slim neutron, really
that's quite a feat, since electrons have almost no mass
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
Agree
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.'
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.
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 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.
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Inches are bigger than millimeters!!
@@BudKnocka smaller than meters ;-)
I was Security Forces for an F-15 base with an active mission. This is one bad ass plane. We had the oldest F-15s in the Air Force inventory, but they were the best maintained. Southern Oregon holds the F-15 flight school. They started pairing F-15s with the F-22. The entire nose of the F-15 is a radar, its job is to take out enemy air craft before the enemy even knows the F-15 is there. The reasoning for pairing the F-15 with the F-22 is so that the F-15 can mark for the F-22 while the F-22 is able to use its stealth capability in conjunction with the F-15s radar. This gives them more battlefield knowledge when there is no AWAX available. The F-15 can also fly in the stratosphere and shoot down satellites with proper armament.
The clip where the F-15 takes off and breaks the sound barrier, thats my base. They only do this during an alert take off, which means something is violating air space and/or is a threat. Its amazing to watch. Never gets old, especially at night when you get to see the afterburner cookin!
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.
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
As he said in this video, Nic already said he could react to any video
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.
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.
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He tells great anecdotes, esp. about the troops.
5:30 That's the whole reason for the newer version of the F-15 it will work with F-35's as a workhorse carrying large loads of ammunition while the F-35 directs the combat and targeting. So yeah the F-15 isn't being replaced completely for a while.
It would be awesome to see a Collab with you and the Fed electrician between your enthusiasm for the US military and his unseemly never-ending knowledge make for a great duo. Thank you for reacting to this. Looking forward to to more! 🤙
I work for the air force and the F-15 is what most pilots coming into the air force want to fly. They are quick and very deadly to hostel aircraft. It is without a question , My favorite jet.
P.S. Love your channel and your videos.
Nah man he genuinely is fine with people reacting. I mean, Kip is a gamer that's never been in the military, and he's reacted to all of TFE's long-form videos.
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.
The F-15 was replaced for air superiority, its still a multirole and surprisingly excellent ground attack aircraft as well.
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!
I saw a documentary 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.'
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.!!
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.
As a US Army vet, "we don't make sense, we make dollars" is, point of fact, a perfect summary of America, for good and bad
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
F-22s have a 41:1 (iirc) kill/death ratio against F-15s in simulated combat
That's because the F-15s can't see the F-22.
it can see it, it just can't target it. you can "see" stealth aircraft on radar, but gaining a weapons grade lock is damn near impossible until they're within like 20 miles. far far outside the range of the 100 mile AMRAAM d models. @@ripstake
SIMULATED.
That wasnt just vs F-15s it was F-15s and other unnamed aircraft. Usually when F-15s score a kill on F-22 it is in a 1v4+ and or the F-22 has to dogfight with multiple aircraft, or the F-22 has its radar disabled or is put in an ambushed scenario.
You being a brother across da pond, I think your half right.
You do it right... his link down below... gave a tutorial...
giving credit counts. And you, some how, actually give commentary!
Brilliant!
Nick is good people.
"We don't make sense we make dollars." I am SO getting that tattooed somewhere.
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 Raptor only replaced the Eagle in a high speed interceptor role. It's ground attack capability is an afterthought and it's primary air to air role is severely limited by its internal munitions racks.
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"
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.
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)
Look for the F-15EX, it's basically "what if we just update everything in it?"
I'm an air Navy vet and this an awesome plane. I'm jealous.
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.
My dad used to work on the F-15 un the late 70's and the 80's.
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 🇺🇲🇬🇧
I think the wildest part of the video is the fact that the F-15 is getting a modern day sequel. The original's already terrifying, how the new one gonna go?
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
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.
Power to weight ratio is one of the best measurements to determine acceleration aka "quickness"
TFE Is great for Military videos and he teaches a lot of stories that were left out of US History classes in school. I would love to watch more reactions to his stuff. I think you did it well and you now have a new fan.
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.
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.
i love that joke, you dont need to apologize for finding anything funny! keep up the good work
The F-15 Eagle has been upgraded recently and I can assure you that any pilot (Even F-22) that comes against it in air-to-air combat is going to shit their pants. POWER!
The F-15 is like a flying Deadpool, it's just unhinged in what it can do and has done. They aren't retired yet, we still use them, but there is a stealth version coming out. They say that if you get in a visual range fight with an F-15 you're still in trouble even with a 5th generation jet because once in visual range the odds start favoring the pilot in the plane as much as the plane itself. And when it comes to raw dogfights the eagles are still a real problem.
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.
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.
Knowing that there’s talk to have the F-15 replace the F-22 because it’s cheaper to maintain and that there’s talk of making a stealth version of it means that the 15 and BUFF are the only, known to me, aircraft that can out perform newer stuff and is planned on sticking around for some time is just mental to me
It's America, if we made sense, we wouldn't be able to pull off the impossible like a party trick.
The 7300 number is the number of engines produced. There were only 1,198 F-15s produced of all variations. In addition they built 61 F-15k for South Korea.
Here's how it works: The F-15 is loaded with the anti-satellite missile. It flies up to the very edge of space and launches the missile into the path of the satellite and the missile uses onboard radar to fix and guide itself into impact at ~17,000 mph
Gotta love TFE. He can tell a story about anything and everyone will be like shut up. Lmao.
The F-15 is basically the king of non stealth fighters.
The F-15 hasn't been replaced, as there's still far more F-15's in service compared to the F-22, which has only recently restarted production I think.
There's nothing more American than excercising your first amendment rights and discussing what needs to be fixed in this country.
The F-22 really only replaced the F-15C (Eagle), a single seat fighter, was America's previous air superiority fighter. Which we still have and operate a lot of. The F-15E (Strike Eagle or Mudhen as the pilots call it) is a 2 seater multirole fighter meaning it was good for before air to air stuff but it really excelled at air to ground strike missions. The 22 is just top dog for air to air now. It's stealth capabilities and ability to supercruise (cruise above Mach 1 without being in afterburner) make it unmatched.
"Megatron has fallen! Decepticons follow me!"
It’s also important to see why the branches of us military use different aircraft for example the usmc replaced the ch-47 with the v-22 so we can put troops in the ground from a further distance and the army uses it because it’s battle tested, marines still use the h1 platform because it’s battle tested while the army replaced the respective roles of each h1 platform to fit the needs of their mission
@7:44 Cents and dollars made me think "Murica' Fck yeah"
The older fighters are still around because they are so good, plus the cost to maintain them are way less than the F22.
This is the first time I’ve seen one of your video. I can’t see the details precisely, but is that the Stormlight Archive in your bookshelf? Along with the Arcanum, by chance?
I worked with the Royal Marines back in the mid 80s. Yeah I'm old 😀.
He says it best in his videos, the F22 is the Ivy League graduate with the 4.0 and planned out future. The F15 is the 20 year felon who's 'trying' to go straight but is one bad day away from deleting you and everyone you know.
He wasn't meaning that the F15 was being replaced with the F22, Just that the title of "best " was being shifted to the more modern and stealthy aircraft.
The f15 isn't getting replaced.
He’s happy with you because you plug him at the top of the description
there are 3800+ f-15 in service at this time spread throughout all the military branches
You 100% should look into the american pilot who landed one with one wing. She's soooo cool about it
They are not known for being small or light, just effective.
You should do “America dismantles pirate nation for touching its boats”
Ground Crew: "Which aircraft is yours, Sir?"
F-15 Pilot: "The one that says 'Bad Mother F___er' on it"
If you are in the air and see an F-15 on radar, you should turn and RUN .... FAST!
It's replaced at the "Best" but DEFINITELY not replacing the F15. They just released a new model in the past few years. F15, 16, 22 and 35 are going to dominate some shit for a loooong time
The A-10 comes close on the missing wing feature. It can also compensate for a lost wing. Unfortunately in the one documented example this has happened the pilot tried take out a SAM that fired at him, except the wing wasn’t there and he spun out. He could have probably landed. Yeah in America we create aircraft with a high survivability rating lol.
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.
F15-EX Eagle 2 is in the skies now. It is literally the newest fighter jet released until the NGAD and Loyal Wingman Program finishes testing. The later 2 being 6th gen fighters.
As a Marine you may like to look into the A10 Warthog ground support aircraft or even the AC130 Gunships.
Boeing's St. Louis factory has been rolling out F-15 EX Eagle 2 since Nov. 2023
Little known fact
The speed and acceleration of the f15 are why the thunderbirds (USAF Air Performers) use the f16 instead. "Safety" was quoted as to why this is
At least According to my uncle who served in the USAF
My 3rd favorite. My favorite is the F 22, my 2nd favorite is the F 14 and then the F 15 but they all are amazing airplanes and to have them all on your team is awesome and that's not even counting the F-16 or the F-18