Our just flew with the Florida Air National Guard during their detachment to Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve. The Eagles were not alone during the flight; MiG-21s and MiG-29s of the Bulgarian Air Force joined up for some photo magic.

American F-15s have been forward deployed to for over three months now, with no end to their mission in sight. Considering how small America’s F-15C/D Eagle force has become, with five wings flying the jet here in the US and two overseas, it will be interesting to see what effect the stress of constant deployments has on the relatively small and Air National Guard-dominated F-15C/D Eagle community.

Not only are jets, pilots and support crews from the both the Florida and Oregon National Guard…

In the meantime, Eagle pilots are undoubtedly enjoying mixing it up with highly dissimilar aircraft, . Threat simulation training using F-16 aggressors to mimic a MiG-29 is quality training, but the real thing is even better.

Lt. Col. Fred "Spanky" Clifton is one of the most experienced aggressor pilots ever, having flown…

When it comes to dissimilar air combat training, the diminutive and relatively ancient MiG-21 facing off against an F-15 is about as dissimilar as it gets in the fighter world. With proper tactics and some simple upgrades, the MiG-21 Fishbed

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, but in their current form, they can’t compete with the F-15C with its new APG-63V3 AESA radar. Only the F-22 is more potent than the Eagle in U.S.A.F. service, and after, it is clear that we could see the Raptor migrate to the region in the future if tensions don’t de-ecalate between NATO and Russia.

Russia has said it will greatly increase its fighting capability along its border with NATO…

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