USAF F-15C Eagle Start, Takeoff, and Low Pass - Oshkosh 2016 

Joe Cannes Raptors

Love the Raptor, but hasn't been proven yet

@@joecannes2421 Hypothetically, in all training scenarios, the Raptor wipes the floor with the Eagle. The Eagle is King, but I can say with confidence, the Raptor is a worthy heir.

@@ISAFSoldier I totally agree with you, but my heart loves the Eagle

@@joecannes2421 I did say the Eagle is King ;)

@Nino Brown facts I'm E&E so how do you think I feel lol

lotta heat

How you know

78-509

Yep! Lots of multi-unit history with this particular tail#. 78-0509 is currently one of the oldest F-15Cs in the USAF/ANG service. She was accepted by the USAF in mid-late 1979 and although briefly assigned to Tyndall AFB, Florida, spent the better part of 25 years with Kadena's 18th Wing in Okinawa, Japan, with the tailcode "ZZ"". She went to the Hawaii ANG's 199th FS ("HH" tailcode) around 2006 when that squadron was phasing out their older F-15A models. When the Hawaii Air Guard upgraded to the F-22 Raptor in 2010, she went back to an active-duty unit with the 65th AGRS (Aggressor Squadron) at Nellis AFB, Nevada, where she wore the Artic Flanker camo scheme. Now I can't remember if Louisiana's 159th FW "JZ" got her directly after the 65th AGRS was in-activated, and I know this video is a few years old, but last I checked '509 is still on the roster. Long story short, she's bounced back between ANG and active-duty squadrons on a least 4 separate occasions!

I crewed this 'exact airframe' at Kadena AB from 1986-88 with the Vampires. My tail no was 476 but this jet was in my squadron and on my ramp daily. Surely the engines, landing gear and main FC surfaces have probably been replaced over the last 3 decades but I still feel connected. It was special to see that tail number taxi down the ramp, even with just one Z!

I can assure you that this is a C model, and only 1 seat. The USAF had 89 C's while the ANG had 123 as of November 2019 alongside 23 D models. Pg.40: dl.booktolearn.com/emagazines2/aviation/Combat_Aircraft_December_2019_c192.pdf

I watch the C fly daily the above is not correct.

And the no 1 no engage followed by an oil service

@@benjaminkelley7389 wouldn’t be an f15 launch without a no engage, a hydro servicing red ball and then another red ball for flight controls

Yes. The C models can carry sniper pod on station 5 although it is not too common.

Well the eagle always had an air to ground capability, it was just left aside to push it's air to air stuff. Hence why they could make the e version.😀

@Gage Huh, very interesting. Thanks for sharing that, I wasn't aware of this.

It's not an air to ground pod like the Litening Pod, but an IRST known as the Legion Pod, used exclusively for air-to-air work. Since most US jets don't have built-in IRSTs, the spheres on the nose of the Typhoon, Su-35, etc, the Air Force wanted a pod for the F-15 and F-16 to give it a bit more situational awareness and sensor diversity.

@@Super_Bug Didn't the Tomcat have something like that as well? I seem to recall it had a chin pod that projected an image of targets in the aircraft's frontal aspect to the pilot.

@@Orca19904 the A and B models of the Tomcat had a camera called the TCS but an IRST was made for the F-14D. The Legion Pod was actually developed from that IRST.

It used to be called coonass militia

@@stevencarrier2466 thx...I fixed it..big fingers small buttons

Actually, after Coonass Militia, they went by Cajun Militia for awhile, and then settled on Bayou.

@@stephenszabo2361 It still should be. Wish the military would stay out of social issues. Politics...

FINALLY SOMEONE PICKED UP ON IT! :D

@@TomsPlanes Haha, he needs a court martial.... So do some F 15s have a little wind down window for that now? :D

That’s bleed air from the ecs cleaning the windscreen

Can't control the weather unfortunately. Would have been much worse without my microphone windscreen

Tom's Planes I like it. Keep the videos coming. :)