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Originally Posted by mako88sb
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.
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You have that right. The F-15 Eagle is ahead of it's time and the engineers who designed it are beyond exceptional. The firing of the missiles may not have been the pilots fault. There were cases where static electric buildup overcame the resistance in the firing circuit and the missiles fired by themselves.