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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-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 (one Eagle was badly damaged by an Atoll missile, but the pilot managed to nurse it back to base). Israel has produced two aces in the F-15, the only Eagle aces in the world.
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-21]]s 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 (MiG-21s and [[MiG-23]]s) for no loss (one Eagle was badly damaged by an Atoll missile, but the pilot managed to nurse it back to base). Israel has produced two [[Flying ace|aces]] in the F-15, the only Eagle aces in the world.
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]].