The F-15 Eagle Has a Flawless Kill-to-Loss Ratio, It's Accident Record, Not So Much

One hundred four confirmed kills and zero losses. This is the defining statistic of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and all its variants. But don't let the barely hidden propaganda tell you otherwise. The F-15 is not an invincible wonder plane. In fact, its accident history is stunningly long. Wikipedia is rarely an arbiter of absolute truth. Still, the website's list of confirmed F-15 airframe losses dates back to the mid-1970... (continue reading...)