F-15E Strike Eagle Units in Combat 1990-2005

Osprey Combat Aircraft #59

by Steve Davies, Chris Davey (Illustrator)

The F-15E Strike Eagle has been at the center of every single conflict in which the US has been involved since 1990. This remarkable aircraft has repeatedly struck targets where no other Coalition, NATO or US fighter has been able to go, breaking records for combat endurance and effectiveness. In the last decade, the Strike Eagle has been consistently upgraded to accommodate the latest weapons and electronic equipment. This book provides a thorough study of this versatile strike aircraft, as well as exploring its role in Operation Desert Storm (aka The Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991) and, more recently, the Balkans (1991-1995), Afghanistan (2001-present) and Iraq (2003-present).

96 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2005

About the author

Steve Davies is a military and commercial aviation photojournalist based in Cambridge, England. He began writing in 2001, and has since authored eight critically acclaimed books and co-authored four more. His freelance writing includes a plethora of articles penned for the world's leading monthly and quarterly aviation publications, and he has also worked on a range of aviation supplements that have sold millions of copies globally. He has worked as a subject matter expert for a range of military aviation documentaries commissioned by terrestrial television channels in the UK and North America, and by the History Channel. His photography has been used not only by the aviation press, but also by leading defense contractors and aviation corporations.

Reviews

[Roy Szweda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another excellent slim volume that was overdue, time indeed to acknowledge the work done by these machines and their crews airborne and in the hangars. In fact how could anyone who knows owt about modern military aviation not want to read this account of the mighty "Mudhen".
We in the UK are familiar with these beasts - spend a holiday at Center Parcs Elveden and you will find out why. Like distant dinosaurs their come hurtling out of their hangars (HASs) roaring away during the week and if you are down by the lake you might glimpse pairs of them in the circuit. These are nearly always unladen while the ones in this story got aloft with ordnance that would not disgrace a WW2 B17. In fact this book is as much about what they took to war as it is about the plane itself.
Plenty of firsthand accounts, great photos and artwork this is another worthy tome in the Osprey eyrie. Thanks to Jim for some excellent holiday reading, might well get myself a copy to sit alongside the similarly excellent tome on the Navy's "Bombcat"!