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Watch This Saudi F-15 Destroy a Houthi Drone Over Yemen The drone shot down by the F-15 in the footage appears to be a Qasef-1, which is a suicide drone based on an Iranian design. New video of a Saudi Arabian F-15 taking out a suicide drone launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen surfaced on social media this week. These sorts of intercepts are not uncommon, but getting to watch an F-15 in the wild taking down targets on video is pretty rare indeed. The footage was first brought to our attention by...

Eight United States Air Force F-15 Eagle tactical fighter jets touched down at Ämari air base Monday, ahead of the Baltic Trident Exercise. The planes, F-15C and F-15E Strike Eagle variants, will be conducting low-flying exercises aimed at coordination with forward observers and commanders and other tactical and target exercises, as well as cooperation with personnel from Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Poland and the U.K., in addition to Estonia Commander of the Estonian air force (Õhuvägi) Br...

The F-111 Aardvark Had This One Advantage Over the F-15 Eagle The F-111 Aardvark was the U.S. Air Force’s premier strike aircraft for the majority of the Cold War. Heres What You Need to Know: The F-111 struck a weird medium between the tactical strike aircraft and the strategic bomber. The F-111 Aardvark was the U.S. Air Force’s premier strike aircraft for the majority of the Cold War. It served in practically every conflict from Vietnam forwards, until it was replaced by the F-15E Strike...

Inside Americas F-15 Eagle: One of the Deadliest Fighter Jets Ever The USAF bought its last F-15 in 2001, but foreign sales have kept Boeing’s production line humming since. Heres What You Need to Know: This jet might be old, but it can still kill. For nearly three decades, the F-15 Eagle fighter was considered the undisputed king of the skies. Until the debut of its replacement, the F-22 Raptor, the F-15 was the U.S. Air Force’s frontline air superiority fighter. Even today, a modernized ...

Did the United States truly lose any capability by retiring the F-111? Heres What You Need to Remember: While shorter ranged aircraft are far cheaper to maintain and use, the F-111 struck a weird medium between the tactical strike aircraft and the strategic bomber. That medium allowed it to serve admirably during the Cold War, and the design should not be discounted as a weird compromise. The F-111 Aardvark was the U.S. Air Force’s premier strike aircraft for the majority of the Cold War. I...

Congress are not happy with president obama over his decision to allow u.s. air strikes in libya. they feel they werent given any say in the whole matter, pardon me, which they werent. and the criticism of the presidents coming from every where. republican congressman ron paul of texas says not fly zone in libya is unconstitutional. liberal democratic congressman dennis kucinich of ohio brought up the idea of impeachment hearings for president obamas actions. no surprise there but it is not just...

Im wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." some very anxious hours for the u.s. military after the crash of a fighter jet, giving way to relief now that the two crew members are safely out of libya. defense officials confirming that both the pilot and the weapons officer have been rescued. they say the f-15 eagle had an equipment malfunction and did not go down because of enemy fire. lets talk more about the crash and its rescue, how it played out minute by minute, we will go to our pen...

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>> all right. here we go. welcome to the second hour, everyone, a fox news alert coming your way. the government now confirms the u.s. war plane has been -- is now down in libya. the crew is safe. rebels helped rescue the pilot. the f-15 eagle had mechanical problems, we understand. this is forces loyal to muammar qaddafi are on the attack this morning. yep, opening fire on rebel towns across libya and at least three. this comes as air strikes continue. rick leventhal is living through it all ou...

Cry. >> you could do a little bit of both. >> good job. >> you know who should be crying. joe biden. >> why? >> nobody could identified him. joe biden is one of the most identifiable vice presidents, no one knows his name. >> because its a big deal to be in that. >> right. we should force new york -- we should force new york at least to spend 15 minutes by our zipper and update themselves on the outside of our building of whats going on in the world with facts. >> we have whats going on in the w...