Hobby Master HA4505 McDonnell Douglas F-15B Baz 704, Double Tail Sqn., Tel Nof, May 1978 1/72

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Under the Peace Fox agreement Israel would receive two F-15B Baz Eagle with the first to arrive in May 1978 as #704. On June 27, 1979 while flying solo, Yoel Feldsho's #704 shot down a Syrian MiG-21 using an AIM-7F Sparrow. On June 11, 1982, now numbered as 404 this same aircraft shot down another Syrian MiG-21 using a Python 3. In 1981 individual aircraft were given names written in Hebrew and 704 would be assigned Hetz Mi Keshet (Arrow From Bow).

 In 1967 the U.S. became aware of the Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat. This made it necessary to develop a new aircraft to counter the MiG-25. The USAF rejected the USN F-14 Tomcat and issued its own requirements. The solution came in the form of the McDonnell-Douglas (now Boeing) F-15 Eagle. The F-15A made its inaugural flight in July 1972 and in January 1976 the first Eagle entered service. The "E" entered service in 1989. The F-15 was the first dedicated USAF air superiority fighter since the F-86 Sabre.
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