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The F-15's combat debut with the [[USAF|US Air Force]] was 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 name="MyFirstRef"/>  After the war, F-15s enforced the no-fly zones over northern and southern Iraq.

The F-15's combat debut with the [[USAF|US Air Force]] was 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 name="MyFirstRef"/>  After the war, F-15s enforced the no-fly zones over northern and southern Iraq.

During the 1999 [[NATO]] bombing campaign of [[Yugoslavia]] ([[Kosovo War|Operation Allied Force]]), F-15s from the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron shot down four Mig-29s, all with AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles.<ref>[http://www.keokidahl.com/Keoki_Dahl_Aviation/In_Combat.html F-15 in Combat]</ref><ref>[http://www.afa.org/magazine/Sept2004/0904aces.asp Air Force Magazine]</ref>

During the 1999 [[NATO]] bombing campaign of [[Yugoslavia]] ([[Kosovo War|Operation Allied Force]]), F-15s from the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron shot down four Mig-29s, all with [[AIM-120 AMRAAM]] missiles.<ref>[http://www.keokidahl.com/Keoki_Dahl_Aviation/In_Combat.html F-15 in Combat]</ref><ref>[http://www.afa.org/magazine/Sept2004/0904aces.asp Air Force Magazine]</ref>

==F-15 in Fiction==

==F-15 in Fiction==

While not having as prominent a Hollywood career as its Navy counterpart, the [[F-14 Tomcat]], the Eagle has made appearances in film and television.  A flight of F-15s flew to President [[Harrison Ford]]'s rescue in the movie ''[[Air Force One(film)|Air Force One]]'', and two F-15s had a brief scene at the end of the [[CBS]] series ''Jericho''.

While not having as prominent a Hollywood career as its Navy counterpart, the [[F-14 Tomcat]], the Eagle has made appearances in film and television.  A flight of F-15s flew to President [[Harrison Ford]]'s rescue in the movie ''[[Air Force One(film)|Air Force One]]'', and two F-15s had a brief and dramatic scene at the end of the [[CBS]] series ''Jericho''.

== See also==

== See also==