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==Combat History==
==Combat History==
===Israel===
The F-15 first saw combat with the [[Israeli]] air force. On June 27, 1979, F-15s were escorting a strike mission in southern [[Lebanon]] when several Syrian Mig-21s attempted to intercept. The Eagles shot down four Migs with no loss.<ref>Rolling Thunder: Jet Combat From World War II to the Gulf War, by Ivan Rendall, Dell Publishing, 1997</ref>
The F-15 first saw combat with the [[Israeli]] air force. On June 27, 1979, F-15s were escorting a strike mission in southern [[Lebanon]] when several Syrian Mig-21s attempted to intercept. The Eagles shot down four Migs with no loss.<ref>Rolling Thunder: Jet Combat From World War II to the Gulf War, by Ivan Rendall, Dell Publishing, 1997</ref>
In 1981, Israeli Eagles provided escort for the successful attack on the Osirak nuclear reactor in [[Iraq]].
In 1981, Israeli Eagles provided escort for the successful attack on the Osirak nuclear reactor in [[Iraq]].
===United States===
The F-15 first saw combat with the [[USAF|US Air Force]] in the [[Gulf War]]. On the first night of Desert Storm, January 17, 1991, Eagle pilot Captain John Kelk shot down a Mig-29 with a Sparrow missile for the first air-to-air victory of the war. Eagles downed five more Iraqi planes that night (two more Mig-29s and three Mirages), all with Sparrow missiles. 2 days later, Eagles scored a further six victories. By the end of the war, US Air Force Eagles had shot down 31 Iraqi aircraft, 26 of them fighters, for no losses.<ref>F-15C Eagle Units in Combat, by Steve Davies, Osprey Publishing, 2005</ref> After the war, F-15s enforced the no-fly zones over northern and southern Iraq.
== See also==
== See also==