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    Airframe Family: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle / F-15E Strike Eagle
    Latest Model:F-15C Eagle
    Last Military Serial:85-0101 USAF
    Construction Number:954/C343
    Compressed ID:McDD F-15C sn 85-0101 USAF cn 954/C...
    Latest Owner or Location:New England Air Museum

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    Dates

    Event

    1978

    Constructed as a F-15C.

    Circa 1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 85-0101.

    Transferred to 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing, 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron.

    19 January 1991

    While flying a combat mission during Desert Storm, 85-0101 claimed a air-to-air kill against a MiG-25 with an AIM-7M Sparrow missile.

    Circa 2007

    Transferred to 104th Fighter Wing, Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport, Westfield, MA.

    22 July 2024

    Last flight.
    Flown by Colonel Michael Shot Glass, the F-15 flew from Westfield to Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut on its final flight before being retired.

    1 August 2024

    To New England Air Museum.

    10 August 2024


    Photographer: Airframes of Connecticut
    Notes: 85-0101 on shortly after being disarmed and put on outdoor display.

    10 August 2024


    Photographer: Airframes of Connecticut
    Notes: 85-0101 has its original military markings, as well as having many of its systems still left in the airframes.

    10 August 2024


    Photographer: Airframes of Connecticut
    Notes: Victory mark under the cockpit from 85-0101s MiG-25 shoot down in 1991.

    26 December 2024


    Photographer: Airframes of Connecticut
    Notes: The F-15 after its restoration, now on display in the museum.
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