How An F-15E Wing Is Evolving Its Tactics

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle

F-15E crews practiced landing on a taxiway in case a main runway is destroyed in combat.

Credit: Airman 1st Class Alexandria Byrd/U.S. Air Force
Two McDonnell Douglas F-15Es lined up to land, one after the other, at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, for what looked like a normal two-ship landing. As a small crowd watched apprehensively, however, the Strike Eagles came in about 600 ft. northwest of the base’s expansive runway. With sunshades on the...

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