An American fighter jet was shot down over Iran, the first since the start of the war, according to U.S. officials. The Air Force F-15E is a dual-role fighter-bomber designed for air-to-air combat and ...

What You Need to Know: The F-15EX Eagle II, America’s newest advanced fighter, owes its origins to the F-15SE Silent Eagle, a “fourth-generation-plus” design conceived as a stealthier evolution of the ...

We often talk about military airplanes here on autoevolution, but we mostly do so in regard to their offensive capabilities. The reason for that is simple, really: military planes have been built to ...

One of the most impressive fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force's inventory was the F-15 Eagle. For a while, it was the F-15 and F-16 Falcon at the center of the branch's aerial strategy. However, it ...

The F-15 Eagle entered service with the United States Air Force in 1979, and is still used by the U.S. and its many allies. The fighter is an export aircraft, and many countries operate F-15 jets in ...

Summary and Key Points: The F-15SE Silent Eagle, introduced in 2009, aimed to enhance the iconic F-15 with stealth features for the export market. Though it failed to gain traction, the Silent Eagle’s ...

The AN/ALQ-250 EPAWSS achieved the Initial Operational Capability in early 2024 and is currently being fielded on the new F-15EX Eagle II and retrofitted on the F-15E Strike Eagle. The U.S. Air Force ...