Aircraft Photo of 78-0546 / 78-546 | McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #225024
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:78-0546
Alternate Serial:78-546
Military Code:EG
Aircraft Original Type:McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle
C/n (msn):538/C079
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:58 FS
Location
City / Airport:Alamogordo - Holloman AFBMap
Region / Country:New Mexico, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KHMN   IATA: HMN   Local: HMN   Other: -
Event:Holloman Air Show 2007
 
Photo Date:27 October 2007
Photo by:Stephan de Bruijn
Photo ID: 225024
Photo Comment

The 58th Fighter Squadron "Mighty Gorillas" operated the F-15 Eagle from 1979 to September 2009 and then became the first F-35 Lightning II training squadron within the USAF. The squadron claimed the first Iraqi air force kill during Desert Storm on 17 January 1991 when a pilot of the squadron shot down an Iraqi Air Force MiG-29 with an AIM-7 Sparrow air to air missile, fired from his F-15C.

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