Deep Intel on the F-15EX

Comments · 1.6K

• MI

  @Mike-zv9id · 3 years ago (edited)

  Guard F-15 crew chief here, 30 plus years now. I can tell you this much,, we badly need the EX sooner than later. Our eagles are not getting any younger.  It’s a struggle now more than ever. This was one of the most in-depth reports I have seen on the EX program. Very well done. Thank you!

  383

• HA

  @harrylumsdon6773 · 3 years ago

  Amazing.  I skipped school for 1st f-15 to land at langley afb.  And skipped work for f-22.

  39

• MI

  @mike.47 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I live near RAF Lakenheath here in the U.K. where 48th Fighter Wing consisting of 2 squadrons of F15 Strike Eagles and 2 squadrons of F35 A are based. I hear them taking off every day, it can get quite loud at times but wouldn’t have it any other way. 🇬🇧+🇺🇸 =💪🏼

  275

• DA

  @dalemartell8639 · 3 years ago

  As a Canadian, I remember the competition to purchase fighter replacements where we ended up with the F18.  McDonnel Douglas had a poster advertising the F15 which had the aircraft superimposed over a bald eagle, talons extended ready to strike with the tag line, "Eagle built to fight where others fear to fly"  still brings chills.

  244

• RE

  @rexw2203 · 3 years ago (edited)

  As an F-15 Crewchief from 1991-2010, I've got to say that going back to Eagles does my heart good.  It's such an iconic jet and it classic lines are always beautiful.  Originally the Eagle was made to be 'friendly' to maintenance.  You can get into it through access panels and do a lot to fix problems that will crop up, this is not the case with a 'low-observable' system/aircraft the way current technology exists.  Maintenance IS AIRPOWER, without it your complex fighter jets are useless without it and your pilots lose their proficiency quickly during peacetime and the ability to put aircraft in the air at all during wartime.  Without proficiency you run into the issues that the Russian AF has gone through, pilots that are proficient in their use of their weapons.  What they really needed to do is put in an electrical canopy and an APU instead of the JFS.  Put in an easily accessible battery too.

  699

• RO

  @robrobinette · 3 years ago

  I flew Eagles in the '80s and I'm ecstatic that the Eagle will outlive me. Pako had some great insights into the EX program.

  122

• PR

  @Pricklyhedgehog72 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Pako is cerebral material. I could listen to him talk about this stuff for hours, as he is really good at breaking complex stuff down for the commoners like me to grasp. It's a rare gift indeed. Great episode!

  238

• CS

  @cshader2488 · 3 years ago

  what a beast.  I love that he compared it to a small, fast B52

  32

• GO

  @gordonbergslien30 · 3 years ago

  A visitor to the air museum where l am a docent recently asked if we were still building F-15's.  I told him that the Air Force was buying the F-15EX, an improved "E" model but that was about all l knew at the time. This video really took me to school!  Probably your best work, yet, Commander!

  43

• WA

  @walkingcarpet420 · 3 years ago

  Lol at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbOB7KlbcZI&amp;t=1488">24:48</a> &quot;get the swords out and do the thing&quot;

  3

• AL

  @alanbare8319 · 3 years ago

  As someone who is old enough to remember when the F-15 graced the cover of &quot;Popular Mechanics&quot; in the 60&apos;s, this is great news! I was fortunate to have the opportunity to maintain F-15&apos;s between 2004 t0 2018. The EX was just being hinted at during that time. I hope they ramp up production soon.

  32

• NU

  @NuclearFalcon146 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbOB7KlbcZI&amp;t=38">00:38</a> &nbsp;Actually 50 years old. &nbsp;It IS one of those old school fighters of yore you mentioned later hence why it has such speed and power.

  6