F-15 Month concludes with an in-depth look at the two-seat strike-fighter variant. Whereas the A-D models profess to have “not pound for air-to-ground,” the Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle was designed to sling mud from the get-go. And does so exceedingly well.
On this episode, a F-15E pilot and WSOWeapons System Officer. An NFO who crews the backseat of an F/A-18D Hornet or F/A-18F Super Hornet. crew, Lieutenant Colonel Richard “TAC” Turner and Captain Mark “Smack” Smith, both active duty U.S. Air Force, tell us all about the mighty “Mud Hen” including how one scored an air-to-air kill with a laser-guided bomb. Read how the Strike Eagle and Super Hornet compare in this article.
Episode artwork adapted from original photography by Rich Cooper. Bumper music by Jaime Lopez / announcements by Jim Hendershot. This episode produced by our friends at The Muscle Car Place Podcast Network.