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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace
I thought I would add this : This is an Israeli F-15 Eagle that suffered extensive wing damage in a " in flight collision ". The F-15 lost an entire wing. It not only managed to fly on but also land safely. The pilot was quoted as saying had he known the starboard wing was missing, he would have ejected.
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I remember watching that awhile back. Quite the testament to how well it was designed along with it's 104:0 kill loss ratio. Looking through the accident reports there was a 1990 incident in Alaska were a F-15 accidentally launched a sidewinder at another F-15. It was damaged but made it back for a safe landing. In 1995 a Japanese Air Force F-15 was accidentally shot down by his wingman with a sidewinder. Wonder if the wingman did the hari-kari afterwards.