bash@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Basham) (05/12/89)
From: bash@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Basham) In the Portland House book by Michael J. Gething there is a picture of an eagle with a blue kill symbol under the canopy. The picture isn't the clearest, but the symbol looks like a swing-wing aircraft, and kind of resembles an F-14. The letters on the tail are "CR", but due to the angle of the picture, no other ID marks are visible. The book shows another eagle with the same letters and states that this aircraft is part of the 32nd TFS stationed in Holland. It does not discuss the kill symbol. Can anybody fill me in? (Please, no "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you." remarks.) Thanks, Tom Basham bash@ihlpb.ATT.COM If you can't beat 'em, infiltrate and destroy them from within.
fjs@floyd.ATT.COM (05/13/89)
From: fjs@floyd.ATT.COM In article <6507@cbnews.ATT.COM>, bash@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Basham) writes: > >In the Portland House book by Michael J. Gething there is a picture of >an eagle with a blue kill symbol under the canopy. The picture isn't >the clearest, but the symbol looks like a swing-wing aircraft, and kind >of resembles an F-14. The letters on the tail are "CR", but due to the >angle of the picture, no other ID marks are visible. > > Can anybody fill me in? (Please, no "I could tell you, but then I'd > have to kill you." remarks.) In "The Great Book of Modern Warplanes", Portland House (various authors), Mike Gething supplies the info on the F-15 Eagle. Page 74 (and others) shows what I believe what you are looking at. It seems to me that this is only an insignia for the Eagle (as is the tomcat for the F-14, bless them!!) and not a kill symbol. Gething writes that the only recorded kills made by an F-15 were made by the Isrealis against the Syrians at various times: June, 1979 8 MiG-21 Fishbeds downed 6 by F-15's 2 by Kfirs September, 1979 4 MiG-21 Fishbeds downed "more recently" 1 MiG-23 Flogger date unknown ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred J. Shubert | "You haven't lived until you've seen a 'cat fly!!!" AT&T Bell Labs |----------------------------------------------------- Whippany, N.J. | DISCLAIMER: All views are that of my own. PERIOD. Ma-Bell 201-386-3094 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \ _ / \ /^ ^\ / F-14D ____________\_( . )_/____________ SUPERTOMCATS ------|_| (___) |_|------ RULE O * * O (I Love 'Em)
sampson@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Steve Sampson) (05/16/89)
From: sampson@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Steve Sampson) In article <6545@cbnews.ATT.COM>, fjs@floyd.ATT.COM writes: > In "The Great Book of Modern Warplanes", Portland House (various authors), > Mike Gething supplies the info on the F-15 Eagle. Page 74 (and others) > shows what I believe what you are looking at... > > Gething writes that the only recorded kills > made by an F-15 were made by the Isrealis against the Syrians at various > times: There was also one Iranian F-4 (possibly 2 but second was an unconfirmed) shot down by a Saudi F-15. The F-4's had crossed the "line" and continued toward the oilfields before being killed.