New F-15EX Eagle arrives at PDX 

I worked on the F-16 for 20 years , work on the F-35;now. But the eagle will always have a special place in my heart!!

I started out with F-15s in the US Air Force 48 years ago at Langley AFB in VA. It's pretty nostalgic watching this new aircraft today...❤

As a former Navy Plane Captain, one of most awesome sights in my memory was seeing the F15 as a kid in West Germany regularly buzzing our school 40+ years ago, providing reassurance we had air superiority on our side.

It's super cool to see all these Eagle drivers so eager to look over the new jet. It's got to be absolutely mind blowing to recieve brand new super modern F-15s coming from the proud but old C models.

The F-15 Eagle is such a beautiful aircraft. And even more potent in the EX version. Oregon Air National Guard deserves these beauties. 🇺🇸

The undefeated heavyweight champ of the skies!!!

The new EX is one hell of a looker. Can't wait to see this bird in action and I'm so glad they went through with getting more of these to supplement the fleet.

The weapons system on that bird is incredible with its BVR radar and Fox 3 Aims. It's a badass missile truck.

Looks like the WSO is a Top Gun graduate; patch on his left shoulder. Pretty cool. Awesome jet, glad to see the 15s will be in the air for many more years.

Welcome home to the new F-15EX! My compliments to Major Connor and crew for a beautiful touchdown with "City of Roses". 👍

From a former Eagle Keeper, welcome to your new home "Balls 8" (008). Brings a little tear to my eye.

Quite a difference from watching as a kid the F104s at this base fly from my hill at Fern Hill Park.What a sight.

Canada needs these birds too as the f35 isnt going to cut it doing all the long patrols and intercepts required.

The one thing I'm proud of, as a Missourian, is that the two Serra Hotel fighter of the USAF and USN are made in St. Louis. Those being of course, the F-15 EX Eagle II and the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet. We could have another magnificent fighter if the DoD would wake up and put new F-16V Block 70/72 in the inventory instead of trying to promote that POS F-35 A/B/C Fat Amy. I got a kick out of how careful the Colonel was NOT to say anything against it. (The Puzzle Palace Brass is watching)

I didnt realize the F-15 was still in production. Testament to its good design.

Man, She's a beaut, Clark! As a Navy (old timer), aviation enlisted man, I have always loved and put my money on the F15 (all models). As much as I eat up McDonnell Douglas birds, I can't help but admire and envy USAF birds..ALL OF THEM! You guys take care of the skies, while we watch the sea..and our other brothers get the dirt. Nothing says I can't want a piece of the sky as well ; ) Well done 233rd, good luck and stay safe.

I was Active Air Force stationed at Tinker, AFB when the F-15 was put into service. One day several came to the base, and was on the flightline. We could see them from our building, and man were the beautiful. Till today, I love that fighter over most of the other, and I have heard that never has one been shot down in a fight!!!!!

I remember stepping aboard a brand new Sikorsky Sea Dragon at an air show. Not only was it spotless, it had a new-car smell.

It flies as good as it looks ,its a timeless classic killer plane !!!!!

Still after all these years my favorite American Fighter. Never defeated in combat. What a fucking BEAST!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Pretty impressive when a 40 plus year old design just needs some modern upgrades and continues to be a top tier Fighter in 2024.

I live in western Massachusetts…the 104th FW/131st FS is slated to get the EX or F-35s..Oregon and MAANG train together often..being both F-15 units…my dad retired from the 104th FW.. (26 yrs AF)

Awesome! Thanks for capturing this event for us 🙌

Check this: For air-to-ground missions, the F-15EX can carry up to 29,500 pounds of air-to-ground ordinances. Compare that to the 20,000 pounds that B-29, a 4-engined bomber can carry. Kinda scary, isn't it?

When I was in the civil air patrol, they had F-101 Voodoos in there

I always love hearing the Oregon Air Guard fly above Portland. A unique “don’t mess with me” sound.

Insane. Happy 4th of July everyone. Thank you for your service. Hero’s

Beautiful. I'm excited for Portland, PNW and the Red Hawkes!

Very very impressive. The aircraft, the pilots, WSO's, the techs, engineers, and everyone else that keeps these birds flying.

Some of those pilots have been here in Puerto Rico. I went to the airport to watch them take off and land when they were here. I hope they come back with that new version of the F-15. It was Christmas 2022 new year 2023.

Awesome to get 18 of these at PDX !!!!!!!!

The Eagle has landed. America 🇺🇸..FK YEAH

The F35 does not have the ordinance capacity to endure drawn out engagements. F15ex squadrons can remedy this. They can be at standoff distances while f35 squadrons collect real time battlefield data allowing F15ex to engage so the F35s can maintain an element of surprise. It’s genius and will cause major headaches and heart attacks for our adversary’s.

Wow so cool to see the first F-15EX jet to arrive at the ANG. The experience level of ANG pilots is significantly higher than the Regular Air Force cadres. I flew F-4E and F-16A aircraft on active duty for 10 years and flew all blocks of the F-16C in the ANG. The guard fighter pilot flys more sorties per month, per year than the Reg AF fighter pilots do. So it makes perfect sense to bring the new jet to the Air Guard. Very similar concept as to how the F-22 was initiated by merging Air Force pilots with ANG pilots. The jet looks awesome and the enemy in China and Russia & Iran should be nervous‼️👍👊💪🇺🇸

I sleep good at night. I do not take it for granted! Always on call, I am proud to be able to call this My Air Force!

Congratulations on the new Eagle. Im sure this new platform will augment the rest of the eages you have. As a veteran I thank you all for your service and your dedication to protecting our skies.

Love to see these young airman and air ladies keeping the faith

I love these new EX Eagles. I hope the USAF will buy more.

That was the coolest landing I've ever seen. I thought he was going to fly it all the way to the tie down.

It's always sad to see a old Aircraft Go, and it's crazy to think even the F-15C will be on its way out. But it will be awesome to see what the new F-15EX's like these will do next.

Beautiful, I remember when the original f15s arrived in Portland. Much bigger fanfare than this!!

Love the new Fighter smell...

Love the fact that the EX's are finally replacing the long-in-the-tooth 'C's. Hate the fact that the camera operator had no idea what they were doing.

If any weapon ever deserved an upgrade/refurb, then the F15 is a prime candidate. Closest thing a pilot can get to flying a MISSILE!

It was awesome seeing these bad boys come in. The ex is a super advanced missile truck. and it slaps

Excellent…. thank you for this. Appreciate all in the squadron who protect the PNW

F-15C was an amazing jet I remember the AF demo team was still flying them in the early to mid 2000's put on a show like no other really pushed it to the limit. I never saw the 2 seater even come close to those older F-15C's used to do. When the guard got them they put on a weak show.

Pilot hot dogged that final runout. Sweet

My all time favorite fighter aircraft....and l’m a huge fan from the Fiji Islands down here in the South Pacific. 👍👍👍

It’s an awesome aircraft guys,we will be sending you more soon!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Wow, didn't know TSgt's could be WSO's. That's pretty cool.

Iconic beast. Grew up wishing I could fly the F-15.

Love the GE F110's on the F-15.

It’s certainly cool. I just wish there was something about it that stood out so that it looked more like a new variant.

Clean aircraft Bet she flew like a fighter

The F-15 E has NEVER been defeated in air to air combat

The US makes the best aircraft on the planet. F15 has owned the skies for decades and is a perfect example. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for the new EX!!!

Security Forces must have really loved having all those people loose on the Flightline !!!

A seriously awesome fighter jet!

definitely the coolest fixed wing fighter.

Straight out the box!!!! Nice

12:43 that last "gasp" from the Engine, it was saying " again again"

Like the rest of the things that are old, they are usually better than the new. The F-15 has given a lot to the US in terms of pride, ability and records. But, you got to show up and clap for the boss, the Lt Col.

Sorta good video. Practice on the vertical hold.

It would be cool to video document each and every flight 008 does till the end of ger service life. Id subscibe to that. Even a the service done on her by the crews too.

Sad to see the C model go.. but its getting old.. four of the planes there were at a base I was assigned too back in 1991-1993.. and they will be gone soon.

Enjoyed seeing the new plane. What caught my attention was the grooming standards of the Public Affairs Airman at the beginning. I sure hope you have a shaving waiver which would be fairly unusual for a non-African American to have shaving bumps preventing shaving. That is ridiculous looking in uniform. Yes, I'm a 30+ veteran of the Air National Guard.

Best jet the US has. So naturally geniuses in the Pentagon keep cutting it from the budget.

Nice plane but I am seasick from all the camera motion. SETTLE DOWN! Expand the budget a bit and get a tripod with a fluid head....PLEASE! Thanks for trying.

I feel safer already...

Fantastic!!

Cool landing 😉

Congratulations!

WSO is a top gun patch wearer, cool

Birthplace of the saying...bringing a gun to a knife fight 👍

Beautiful! 🫡🇺🇸👍🏻

Que increíble máquina!! 😍

It's actually a brand new "used" F-15. McDonnell Douglas (defunct) stopped production in 1997.

Im not sure but wasent this squdren station at Mcord AFB as the 318 th fighter interceptor squadron then moved to portland.

The same good old eagle but better and more lethal.💪💪💪

Nice! I wonder if Klamath Falls got theirs yet? The tail number indicates this plane was actually built in 2020. Wonder where it's been?

Love the F-15EX Weapons system upgraded needed, the Airframe Basic Designed Better suite of Avionics, counter measures, situational awareness, Just big fast pickup with nearly twice the weapons capacity. My pet peeve is the lack of IRST backed into the Airframe, in a strong counter measures environment, its essential. instead they have to carry a Pod, (The Gripen, Rafale, and Typhoon are all integrated). I'm not an expert just an enthusiast, I just believe IRST should be Fully Integrated and easily upgradable. When no one can see anything 30 mile out on Radar due to jamming the Gripen E can Target you with Infra Red just saying.

Kind of a big deal considering the air force only has about 6 or 8 of the EX model aircraft so far.

Nice, congrats on the new rides! What is the whining sound after shutdown?

The value of this platform as staffed by the Redhawks can only be (safely) gauged by the stern assessments rendered through Exercises such as Red Flag and William Tell where the Redhawks have always KICKED-ASS.

This gives "clarity" to a dream I had. TMc

Best fighter to do it!

Can someone explain why the pilot held off so long with rotating the plane on to its front landing gear? I thought he was performing a “touch & go” landing for as long as he held off landing or placing the front gear on the tarmac.

Did I hear that correctly? A single F-15EX overcame a flight of FOUR F-18s?

The F-15 Eagle still rules.....👍💪👍

Nice bird, I'm not falling for it, where's the anti gravity stuff that i saw here in Utah,

Undisputed champ 🏆

Even up into Canada-What could be Better -Nothing 🙏

Such a Good looking plane

I love the new F15EX Eagle. I truly wish we in the UK would have the F15EX Eagle in the RAF rather than the Eurofighter Typhoon as the Eagle is the best Fighter Aircraft in the world EVER. The USAF and DOD should buy loads of these to completely replace the Legacy Eagle (F15C & D) and not just station them in the US but also back at their base in Europe etc (RAF/USAF Lakenheath etc).🤘🤘

The ultimate resto-mod. A 69 Camaro with all the latest electronics and bigger engine.

They are beautiful without the ugly lateral tanks.

WOW...these Oregonians treat themselves :)

Was this for the public to be able to see or just reporters?

Show off. Nice wheelie.