OSPREY COMBAT AIRCRAFT 47 F-15C/E EAGLE OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM USAF *NEAR MINT*

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OSPREY COMBAT AIRCRAFT 47 F-15C/E EAGLE UNITS OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM USAF *NEAR MINT*

 

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COMBAT AIRCRAFT No.47

 

APPROXIMATELY 96 PAGES SOFTBOUND BOOK

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HUNDREDS OF BW WARTIME PHOTOGRAPHS, COLOR PROFILES AND LINE DRAWINGS

 

McDONNELL DOUGLAS F-15 EAGLE GENEALOGY (HUGHES APG-63 RADAR, HOTAS, F-15E STRIKE EAGLE, APG-70 AIR-TO-GROUND RADAR, LANTIRN, AFOV HUD)

 

WATCHFUL EYES (PREPARATIONS, PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, SORTIES AND THREATS, COMMAND CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS, CLUSTER BOMB UNITS, AIR-TO-GROUND OPS)

 

THE DIRTY DEED (AL UDEID AB QATAR, NTISR, JDAM, GBU-24 PAVEWAY III LGB, NORTHROP GRUMMAN AN/AAQ-28 LITENING II POD)

 

NON-TRADITIONAL WARFARE (OIF BEGINS, GBU-28 BUNKER BUSTER, AGM-130, GBU-12)

 

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

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Additional Information from Internet Encyclopedia

In late 2002, during tension over suspected Iraqi possession of weapons of mass destruction, the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base was ordered to maintain at least one squadron ready to deploy to the Persian Gulf. During January 2003, the 336th was deployed to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, a total of 24 aircraft being deployed in coordination with planners of the Combined Air Operations Center at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.[74] In late January, the F-15Es began flying in support of Operation Southern Watch, typically performing surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Additional missions included simulated combat against potential Iraqi targets and regional familiarization with local procedures and rules of engagement.[74] During OSW, F-15Es attacked a number of targets in southern and western Iraq, including radars, radio communications and relay stations, command and control sites, and air defences. On one night, four F-15Es released multiple GBU-24s on the Iraqi Republican Guard/Baath Party HQ in Basrah while another flight of four destroyed a nearby Air Defense Sector HQ with six GBU-10s.

Towards the end of February, the 336th received additional aircrews, many of which being drafted from the two non-deployable squadrons at Seymour Johnson (the 333d and 334th Fighter Squadrons) and 391st Fighter Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base, for a total of four aircrews per F-15E.[75] In early March, the 335th Fighter Squadron's personnel and aircraft joined the 336th at Al Udeid. One objective was the destruction of Iraq's air defenses and Early Warning radar network near the border with Jordan, allowing F-16s and Special Forces helicopters to operate from Jordan at the outset of the war. Several radar sites and radio relay stations were hit in western Iraq near the "H3" airfield, during these missions coalition jets met with heavy anti-aircraft fire.

On 19 March, as F-117 Nighthawks dropped bombs over Baghdad, targeting a house where Saddam Hussein was believed to be; F-15Es dropped GBU-28s around the H3 airfield. On 20 March, when the war effectively began, F-15Es fired AGM-130s against key communication, command and control buildings, and other key targets in Baghdad; a few of the weapons missed intended targets, possibly caused by the jamming operations of EA-6B Prowlers in the vicinity.

On 3 April 2003 an F-15E pilot mistook a M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) for an Iraqi surface-to-air missile site and dropped a 500 lb (230 kg) laser-guided bomb, killing three and wounding five others.[78] On 7 April 2003, an F-15E (88–1694), crewed by Captain Eric Das and Major William Watkins performed a critical interdiction mission in support of special forces. Das and Watkins crashed while bombing targets around Tikrit[80] probably shot down by AAA fire. The crew were posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart for their actions.

During the war, F-15Es were credited with destroying 60% of the total force of the Iraqi Medina Republican Guard. They also scored hits on 65 MiGs on the ground,[76] and destroyed key air defense and command buildings in Baghdad. During the war F-15Es worked closely with other jets that were deployed to Al Udeid, including RAAF F/A-18s, USAF F-16s and F-117s, RAF Panavia Tornado fighters and a detachment of US Navy F-14s from VF-154.

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