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Old 3rd Feb 2020, 20:43
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Originally Posted by West Coast
I hear the new call sign of these F15s is bullet catcher.

Transit contested airspace, baiting the other guy to come get you, hoping the F22/F35 get to them first. That’s not to say the F15 isn’t still a good platform, but the whole concept relies on the F15 enticing bad guys to come take a pot shot at them.
Would be interesting to see the look on the bad guys face when he realises there are 22 warheads bearing down on him.
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