Originally Posted by
airsound
Hmm.
He declared the sortie routine, but he doesn't actually know what the profile was or what they were doing.
He also talks about structural upgrades to increase the fatigue life of the wing/wing box, but the F-15C has had none of the kind he refers to.
In fact, there is a known failure mode caused by control surface delamination on the F-15 (honeycomb structure in the stabs), and some years back one was lost when the nose section broke from the main fuselage.
Finally, the last F-15C (x2) to have a Class A in the UK were at low level, which sort of contradicts his assertion that they only fly up high and on interception duties.
I am sure he's a very knowledgeable guy, but I didn't get the sense that he knows much about the Eagle.