Without a doubt the finest air fighter currently in service with western air forces, the F-15 has held this position of dominance since it first entered service with the USAF in 1976. Dennis Jenkins delivers in-depth coverage of the systems, engines, and weapons of the incomparable F-15 Eagle. Contains coverage of the F-15s 20 test aircraft, the latest models and technology upgrades, and a Desert Storm kill log.
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Great History and Technical Book,
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This review is from: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (Aerofax) (Paperback)
This book gives a detailed look at the history of the F-15, and contains one of the better technical descriptions I have seen in print, covering all the electronics systems, weapons, and the airplane itself. Also included is a list of the air-to-air kills made by the F-15 in Israeli, Saudi, and U.S. service. Photos are included of all 20 prototype aircraft, as well as photos of each operating air force. Highly recommended.
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F-15 Eagle - Great Fighter, great book,
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This review is from: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (Aerofax) (Paperback)
This book was published in 1998, but it does a very good job covering the F-15 from beginning to the F-15E "Super Eagle" which is a remarkable fighter bomber. Designed to replace the infamous F-4 Phantom, McDonnell Douglas(now Boeing) created an air superiority fighter that has to this day never been shot down in combat. Over 2,000 have been built and serve in US, Saudi, Israeli Air Forces to name but a few countries that fly the Eagle.The Aerofax format is to give you a paperback book with high glossy paper, great quality B&W and color photos, a ton of data and statistics. The development phase is covered very well, how the "Fighter Mafia" those within the Air Force wanted a pure fighter jet ("not one pound for air to ground" was their motto) and eventually got their way. The improvement in engines, avionics and capability of the F-15 are all spelled out in very detailed text. Color photos show different camouflage schemes used by other nations. Plenty of line drawings show the engines, radar, weapons and major parts of the F-15 to good effect. Some of the photos are a little small, but that is about the only complaint I have of the entire book. While not a perfect book for modelers, this does provide a wealth of material and information regarding the different versions of the plane. Despite the age of this book, I'd still recommend it to aviation buffs, fans of the F-15 Eagle and anyone who wants to learn a lot of the nuts and bolts of this plane.
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Lots of info not available elsewhere.,
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This review is from: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle - Warbird Tech Vol. 9 (Paperback)
I really like the Warbirdtech series only stumbling on it recently. It is an excellent series for model makers and often includes information on model kits and aftermarket parts as well as being a good book for anyone interested in the history and information on the particular aircraft. The F-15 Eagle Volume 9 continues in this tradition and provides excellent detail on sensors, upgrades, weapons, aircraft structure and it includes a liberal dose of photos of all of these features that it discusses. Rather than being a photo story of the aircraft such as "F-15 Eagle Engaged" it is rather almost like a walk around of the aircraft combined with a talk through on the engineering bluprints aspects of the aircraft with a brief on its history and deployment.The book is mostly focused on the 'C' variant of the Eagle and whilst it was published in 1997 it does go into the MSIP II upgrades, but it is dated before the AIM-9X, JHMCS, or AESA radars so if you want detailed info in those elements then you might need to supplement this. The book is written in a very methodical and technical sense and despite the aircrafts exceptional combat record the book is also critical of the Eagle where it felt that it needed to be (namely its size and internal fuel fraction) and hence provides a fair assessment of the aircraft. It is definately interesting reading and I have not found another book on the Eagle that covers this material in this way. The pictures are well done and are almost always making a point about some feature that is being discussed in the text. This is not something that you often find in aircraft books which are often photo essays and is also a reason that I have come to like this series. However there are limited actual colour photos so if you are looking for colour profiles then you might want to supplment your reading, and I say supplement because to me this book is a terrific grounding for beginning your references to this aircraft. So in the end this book is like a walk around on steroids. I say that this book is very well worth the money. Highly recommended.
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