US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, a pilot tour.

An in-depth walkround tour of a 494th Fighter Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle, produced for The War Zone.

[@robihobby9490]

DCS World Pilots are waiting for this Powerful Jet 😎👍

[@Neptunesplayground0]

soon my brother

[@averageguitar8330]

2 weeks!

[@bw33511]

@Thick Toast That's what she said lol

[@SteonCZ]

Oh yea

[@CueDriver]

Pre-order 2-3-2023.

[@bigdarbs19]

4:22 "This is an extremely dangerous area, we make sure everyone is out of the way before pre-flight on ailerons"...... proceeds to pre-flight elevators and aeilerons as someone is walking underneath! (I worked in military safety for many years, so I understand the difference between documented procedure and ground reality!)

[@Skiiwa]

I noticed that LOL

[@howardman3926]

He did not walk underneath the Stab. The Aileron doesn't go far enough down to have to worry about it. You would have to be nearly 7 ft tall to get hit. Nothing unsafe about it.

[@bridgecross]

Carries like a truck. Moves like a race car. Fights like a demon.

[@hangie65]

Thanks to your guest for a most informative tour of the Strike Eagle and to you for posting!

[@gazza2933]

A nice sunny day for a slow walkround.

[@stevelinwood8362]

My favorite fighter Jet! I see them at many Air Shows! Imformitve video of the jet! Luved it!😊

[@MrBig1gaz]

I do enjoy my days out in the viewing area watching the planes !!! ps hear the planes all the time flying over Norwich

[@RunTowardsDanger]

"Our pilots are the finest" forgetting that it was towed to that location by a dolly. Still my second favorite fighter.

[@MrPaevo]

Best job I ever had!

[@AnnWahlquist]

My favorite fighter...

[@christinabishop2533]

As a former Strike Eagle "Crew Dawg" for the 335th FS/4 FW that was a great walk through of the Baddest Bird in the Fleet, Sir.

[@MattH-wg7ou]

Wampum!

[@stevecurd3944]

fantastic

[@garylucas6511]

I didnt know the backseater had flight controls. I always assumed they were a non-pilot. This is good to see that if your pilot becomes incapacitated, that punching out and loosing the jet is not your only option

[@d.porter3142]

WSOs aren't pilots. There are controls in the rear seat because the F-15E was developed from the two-seat F-15D which had controls in the rear for training purposes. Obviously WSOs are familiar with how to use the controls and could fly the airplane temporarily if needed, but they are not trained to do so.

[@rubiconnn]

@Switch Just the military doing military things. Like when the British Air Force wouldn't issue parachutes to their pilots in WW1 because they thought that it would make the pilots bail instead of fighting to the death in case of damage.

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

​@CannedCoochie I can confirm the only reason the E model has a backseat is because the D model did. At the time the contract came down to make an air to ground combat aircraft Boeing was putting in a bid for it. The F-15A/B/C had all been, per company motto, "Not a pound for air to ground" but now that the USAF wanted air to ground they wanted to bid. The req didn't actually require a backseat, but it was easier and cheaper with a production line already rolling for the E model to come along if it used the same cockpit set up as the D model. I'm not sure if there is a documentary about it, but this story is relatively well known and can be looked up if you'd like to get finer details of it. Fun fact: The F-4 is technically part of Boeing history as well since it was made by McDonnell Douglas which was later absorbed into Boeing. The F-15 was also originally a MD jet, of course. As for the F-15E and all other variants that come after it, the backseat is now realized for its potential so it's here to stay, but it was never part of the original requirement for the contract it was competing for.

[@brandonchappell1535]

That was the case with the F14s, at a 100mil a pop seems like a no brainer really

[@MozambiqueEnjoyer6097]

@@rubiconnn Classic Bri'ish thinking

[@larrysouthern5098]

Great Video!!!! I like it!!!!

[@RichardBejtlich]

I flew in the Strike Eagle with the 492nd out of Lakenheath as a USAFA cadet in 1992. It was freaking awesome. 😆

[@Dachamp2001]

I never realize how much bigger the 15 was vs the 16 lol. on that roll by

[@Eirik36]

Thanks cool to see that the pilot was once a wso

[@MaksymilianDeSieno]

Amazing air power 👍🏻

[@iain8837]

Great walk around, although at 2:15 the max Mach of the F15e with CFTs fitted is around Mach 1.8 in the perfect scenario (clean, low fuel, weather), Mach 1.5 is more realistic.

[@burhan999]

the back seat information was excellent...

[@rogerwood4846]

great bloke

[@Crunch104]

Wheel looks a little right of center? :) Thanks for your service and the great video.

[@soysan34]

I imagine they regularly wakeup in the morning pinching themselves that they get to a have a great big toy to play with, how lucky they must feel, no doubt why he smiles describing his toy. Kinda like a boy with biggest and lastest Big Wheel in the housing development 😂

[@knoxyish]

until the time comes for them to lay it on the line ........

[@gcrauwels941]

What makes these among the best in the world.

[@knoxyish]

you cannot fault them for having pride in what they do and there country.

[@rt.actual]

Hey Voodoo! You ever figure out how to lock a -9x on a P-51? ;). Congrats on the pin-on. Cheers brother - RT

[@jakobnrlem4239]

Several times: “we are the best in the world”.. tells “the engines produces xxx trust times 2” and holds up 3 fingers 😂

[@woonfaseng8737]

i have seen clips of F-15 pilots and WSO as if their seats SEEMS lifted upwards from a lower level to their normal flight control height but have seen much more pilots just climb in from outside.... what is the difference ??? what causes me to see like the seats as if lifted upwards from a lower level or seats could sink downwards for some purposes then resume back to normal height???

[@WildBillHabiki]

You just know he went through the Mach Loop many times! 😊

[@gazof-the-north5708]

We Brits should have bought this beast!

[@gazof-the-north5708]

@@etceteracontent7645 Yes!

[@gazof-the-north5708]

@@etceteracontent7645 Well a former RAF navigator who flew in both the Tornado and the F-15E (exchange program) was clear which he prefered (I'll give you a clue - it had TWO tails)

[@almightyIrie]

i figured the only time this Airforce pilot's ego got humbled was when he had to explain what the tailhook was for.. obviously evaded the "no we can't land on the boat" answer by telling us "it's fully capable of doing a ground arrested landings" lmao

[@kedmondson1970]

Will always be my favorite jet!

[@rashdin]

Count me in

[@PluckyUnderdog]

We now have this in DCS. And I concur, it's the meanest b*stard in the fleet.

[@sshray1115]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@JonHuhnMedical]

The pilot's eye level was right at the top of the hud panel and canopy bow. Is the seat height adjustable?

[@F15CEAGLE]

Yes. Also rudder pedals.

[@TheChrissy1977]

Not a lot of room in that cockpit. Wow.

[@Borisz80]

No cockpit tour... :(

[@michaelhutchinson8970]

Hi Jamie. Do you maybe have a view of the F-15E Rear cockpit controls. i am needing it for my book research. to write how a rear passenger has to take over for the unconscious pilot with another F-15E giving him guidance.

[@mr_unsane]

4 - 9 - quad !!!!!

[@Fahreun]

I need it on DCS 🤤

[@theaceofspades485]

It's here.

[@Fahreun]

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[@theaceofspades485]

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[@ixp_ninja]

At 5:26, what's the "bruise"? "Bruce?" "brews?" Looks like a mount point for something?

[@mcnugget3851]

He is talking about the various BRU's on the jet which stands for bomb rack unit. Some can mount smart munitions like the JDAM, SDB, etc and some cannot with the non smart racks being limited to LGBs, dumb bombs, unguided clusterbombs, etc.

[@CrazyRussianPilot]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@CocoDave37]

Okay, with DCS's version coming out soon, stop hiding the cockpit. Give us a tour of the inside :)

[@bigmike101lol]

Keep saying the pilot-WSO relationship is 'unique'....... The 14 did it for years.

[@richardramirez5596]

Is this fighter jet easier to claim then others in the airforce?

[@riskfactor5686]

Easier to claim?

[@BrookeBerghuis]

He’s talking about getting the fighter jet that you want after pilot training. Does the F-15 have more slots to those who want this aircraft is what he’s asking.

[@sgtdarkness1]

I retired from the AF in ‘94 and back then the top 10 percent of the graduates in each class got to choose the aircraft they wanted to fly and the others were given specific aircraft depending on mission requirements. Not sure how aircraft assignments are done today. My youngest son has been in for 11 years and his son is named Jett Landon……and I’m hoping he will get to land some jets in the future to help keep us free!!

[@alpteknbaser7773]

✌️

[@dvsmotions]

Still amazes me that everybody on the ground is a "Chief". We would would get so pissed when specs would fix a radar on red ball and the crew chief would get an at-a-boy.

[@twzflipside]

yeah specs does all the red balling

[@viktort8229]

wawawa. aw u came outside for a few mins to read a TO, want a cookie?

[@fubaralakbar6800]

"It's the biggest aircraft, with the most weapons, and the finest radar" F-14: [Sniff] My baby grew up...I'm so proud...

[@Crunchy121]

the f/a-18’s more of a f-14’s baby

[@jeremyoverton8733]

What happens if your wizo dies in flying?

[@craig4867]

What happens if a passenger in your car dies while you're driving, you keep on driving!

[@davidrobinson8337]

I would love to Drive a Charlie. or be a WSO in a mud hen...Beats anything Navy or Marines.

[@MultiVeeta]

Everyone knows the F15C and its pilots are a superior air-to-air platform. Self praise is no praise. It's an American only thing to obsess over bigging themselves up.

[@ethanpokorny9193]

This guy Dude ikyk

[@walidadjerid4314]

🎼♩

[@DesGardius-me7gf]

Talisman from Ace Combat 6 in real life.

[@mdk03]

What did he mean card carrying wso?

[@emmavaria]

Card carrying is a slang term that just means fully legitimate, as if there's a membership card required for a thing and you've got one.

[@mr_unsane]

He means that he was once a WSO also

[@rodericksibelius8472]

The Air Force can learn a lot from US Navy's experience in the Fleet on the Operations of the now DEFUNCT F-14 Tomcat.

[@BPD1586]

What can the Air Force learn from a defunct aircraft?

[@alespersin6066]

Pilot says: I am going to steer the boat and you are going to shoot the ducks. He makes me leaugh ;).

[@Dylanstevens1234]

Is it just me or does the f-15 look like the su-29

[@ubroberts5541]

It’s just you.

[@timothycorless7286]

It's you. The F15 is a totally redesigned F4 Phantom. All the weaknesses of the F4 was the driving force of its design.

[@user-hu8fn2jp5v]

the su 29 is a propeller plane tho ???

[@oxringoxo]

Mudhen guys are "interesting".

[@someone.7303]

that is actually a pretty small fighter jet

[@honsolo1698]

Not really

[@timothycorless7286]

Being a former F15 Chew Chief it's not a small bird.

[@inconnu4961]

@@timothycorless7286 It's quite the loud bird as well! We have a fighter wing of them near where i live, and they are always attention grabbers!

[@craig4867]

Small compared to what? The F-15 is the largest jet fighter in the United States Air Force!

[@someone.7303]

​@@timothycorless7286 It's smaller, and definitely lighter than a semi truck. The guy in the video has to squat if he wanted to inspect the belly, meaning the aircraft is not that tall. If you took 25 of the strongest men on the planet and told them to lift the whole aircraft off the ground and carry it, they would all do it without struggling.

[@punishedsneed]

And just think what the EX is going to be able to do. 12 AIM-120s. Endless dead Chinese Sukhois and Chengdus.

[@RageCreati0n]

Stitch em up! Can’t wait to show em what a turkey their J20 is…

[@xingchen4502]

First, China has no intention to fight with US, second, J20 is 5th generation stealth air superiority fighter while F15 series is 4th generation no matter how to upgrade. F22 is much more capable in dealing with J20.

[@punishedsneed]

@@xingchen4502 By the time we end up fighting China, we'll have NGAD. 6th generation air dominance.

[@contact409]

@@punishedsneed Right....oh by the way. PL15 is already operational. PL15 has kill range beyound 80NM. Far Far exceed the max range of AIM120 C-7 even D model. and US`s next gen AIM260 is still playing catch up to PL15. US are developing new weapons, and Chinese are doing the same. They are not some money jocky with crappy Mig21/25 anymore.

[@contact409]

@@RageCreati0n This turkey is gonna get you into a casket. Go ahead and try. I dare you.

[@Stevosupremo205]

Pilot called it a nose cone. No its a ray-dome.

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

Pretty surer he knows what it is called . . . .

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

I think you meant Radome but who's counting

[@viktort8229]

it's "radome" nerd

[@KingSpittusFactus]

@@craig4867 damn sure and im Erich Hartmann

[@walidadjerid4314]

🚩📞📖🕯

[@MikeFoxGolf]

The falcons look like little toy jets compared to the eagle

[@samsamaniego3251]

Micheal Golt I was an F15 jet engine mechanic and crewchief. Our base had F16's and we ,in the F15 community referred to the F16 as " lawn darts. "

[@theaceofspades485]

@@samsamaniego3251 They both have the same engine(s).

[@walidadjerid4314]

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[@briancooper2112]

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