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The story of how Israeli Air Force turned its F-15 Air-to-air Fighters into bombers to destroy PLO’s HQ complex in Tunis – The Aviation Geek Club

The mission would have been not only the longest air strike conducted by Israeli Air Force since Entebbe in 1976, but also the first time the F-15 Baz was used as fighter bomber. The F-15 is a twin-engine, high-performance, all-weather air superiority fighter. First flown in 1972, the Eagle entered US Air Force (USAF) service …

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OPERATION WOODEN LEG: HOW THE F-15 BAZ FIGHTERS BECAME BOMBERS AND PERFORMED THE LONGEST AIR STRIKE IN IAF HISTORY – The Aviation Geek Club

Many still believe that the F-15s involved in Operation Wooden Leg were F-15E Strike Eagles: instead the strike package that carried out the mission was made by IAF F-15Cs and Ds modified in the summer of 1985 When Israeli Air Force (IAF) picked the F-15 the service was not only evaluating the aircraft air-to-air capabilities, but …

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