Editing McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (section)

===Gulf War and aftermath===
The USAF began deploying F-15C, D, and E model aircraft to the [[Persian Gulf]] region in August 1990 for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. During the [[Gulf War]], the F-15 accounted for 36 of the 39 air-to-air victories by the U.S. Air Force against Iraqi forces. Iraq has confirmed the loss of 23 of its aircraft in air-to-air combat.<ref>"The First Night" by Cooper, Sadik (IAPR, Vol.26)</ref> The F-15C and D fighters were used in the air-superiority role, while F-15E Strike Eagles were used in air-to-ground attacks mainly at night, hunting [[Al Hussein (missile)|modified Scud missile]] launchers and artillery sites using the LANTIRN system.<ref name=Davies_31>Davies 2002, pp. 31–40.</ref> According to the USAF, its F-15Cs had 34 confirmed kills of Iraqi aircraft during the 1991 Gulf War, most of them by missile fire: five [[Mikoyan MiG-29]]s, two [[MiG-25]]s, eight [[MiG-23]]s, two [[MiG-21]]s, two [[Sukhoi Su-25]]s, four [[Sukhoi Su-22]]s, one [[Sukhoi Su-7]], six [[Dassault Mirage F1]]s, one [[Ilyushin Il-76]] cargo aircraft, one [[Pilatus PC-9]] trainer, and two [[Mil Mi-8]] helicopters. According to [[Naval History and Heritage Command|NHHC]], F-15s may have also shot down a friendly [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]].<ref>"In my opinion, one of our F14s was most likely shot down by an F-15. Although the F-14 was officially listed as being downed by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile, there were no SAM batteries in that area"/H-058-1: Operation Desert Storm, Part 6 (January 1991). Samuel J. Cox, Director, Naval History and Heritage Command./H-Gram Journal № 058. January 15, 2021. P.26</ref> In addition, the F-15E achieved its first-ever air-to-air kill on 14 February 1991, destroying an Iraqi [[Mil Mi-24|Mi-24 "Hind"]] helicopter with a [[GBU-10 Paveway II|GBU-10]] laser-guided bomb.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schogol |first=Jeff |date=2022-07-07 |title=How an F-15 scored an air-to-air kill by dropping a bomb on an enemy helicopter |url=https://taskandpurpose.com/history/air-force-f-15-gulf-war-bomb-iraqi-helicopter/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Task & Purpose |language=en-US}}</ref> Air superiority was achieved in the first three days of the conflict; many of the later kills were reportedly of Iraqi aircraft fleeing to Iran, rather than engaging American aircraft. Two F-15Es were lost to ground fire, and another was damaged on the ground by a Scud strike on [[King Abdulaziz Air Base]].<ref>[http://www.1stfighter.com/history/1991.html#prof "1st. Fighter Wing timeline."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819140043/http://www.1stfighter.com/history/1991.html#prof |date=19 August 2009}} ''istfighter.com'' Retrieved: 24 September 2010.</ref>

On 11 November 1990, a [[Royal Saudi Air Force]] (RSAF) pilot defected to [[Sudan]] with an F-15C fighter during Operation Desert Shield. Saudi Arabia paid US$40 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=40000000|start_year=1990}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) for return of the aircraft three months later.<ref>"Defection of Saudi F-15 Fighter Pilot Damaging to US War Effort", Defence and Foreign Affairs Weekly, 23 December 1990</ref> RSAF F-15s shot down two Iraqi [[Dassault Mirage F1|Mirage F1s]] during the Operation Desert storm.<ref>Peeters, Sander. {{cite web|url=http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=181&Itemid=47|title=Different Middle Eastern air-to-air victories since 1964|website=acig.info|access-date=7 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085958/http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=181&Itemid=47|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> One Saudi Arabian F-15C was lost to a crash during the Persian Gulf War in 1991.<ref>Cikhart, Jakub. [http://www.dstorm.eu/pages/en/other/losses.html "Damaged and lost allied planes and helos."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817132641/http://www.dstorm.eu/pages/en/other/losses.html |date=17 August 2014}} ''dstorm.eu''. Retrieved: 7 April 2015.</ref> The IQAF claimed this fighter was part of two USAF F-15Cs that [[Samurra Air Battle|engaged]] two Iraqi MiG-25PDs, and was hit by an R-40 missile before crashing.<ref>Cooper, Tom. "Operation Samarrah", October 2010.</ref>

[[File:DF-ST-92-07383-C.jpg|thumb|An RSAF F-15 approaches a KC-135 for refueling during [[Desert Shield|Operation Desert Shield]].]]
They have since been deployed to support [[Operation Southern Watch]], the patrolling of the [[Iraqi no-fly zones]] in Southern Iraq; [[Operation Provide Comfort]] in Turkey; in support of [[NATO]] operations in Bosnia, and recent air expeditionary force deployments. In 1994, two U.S. Army [[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk]]s were mistakenly downed by USAF F-15Cs in northern Iraq in a [[1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident|friendly-fire incident]].<ref>Jenkins 1998, p.&nbsp;47.</ref> USAF F-15Cs shot down four Yugoslav [[MiG-29]]s using [[AIM-120]] and AIM-7 Radar guided missiles during NATO's 1999 intervention in Kosovo, [[Operation Allied Force]].<ref name=Maxwell>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060626110913/http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/avc/avc.asp U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency]. </ref>