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==Combat History==

==Combat History==

===Israel===

===Israel===

Israel was the first foreign customer for the F-15, buying 51 of them by 1978.  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 [[Syria]]n 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>  Three months later, Israeli Eagles doubled their score when they shot down four more Syrian MiG-21s.  During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the Syrian Air Force engaged the Israelis over the Bekaa Valley in a series of contests for air superiority.  F-15s downed 40 Syrian fighters for no loss.

Israel was the first foreign customer for the F-15, buying 51 of them by 1978.  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 [[Syria]]n 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>  Three months later, Israeli Eagles doubled their score when they shot down four more Syrian [[MiG-21]]s.  During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the Syrian Air Force engaged the Israelis over the Bekaa Valley in a series of contests for air superiority.  F-15s downed 40 Syrian fighters for no loss.

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]].