> During the entire gulf war (Iraq, 1990-91), only two F-15s were shot down via surface-to-air engagement.

was it because F-15 was used as superiority fighter at that time and now they use it as heavy bomber? I assume plenty of bombers likely was shot down in Iraq.

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ranger207 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Both F-15s lost in the 1st Gulf War were the air-to-ground focused F-15E Strike Eagles. https://rjlee.org/air/ds-aaloss/

	▲	andriy_koval 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		per wiki, f-15e was first produced in 1987, so there were very few in service at that time, and most of ground strikes were carried by other aircrafts.
	▲	YZF 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		This one is also an F-15E it seems.