Wings of Fire: A Combat History of F-15 - Hardcover

by Mike Guardia (Author)

No Backup. No Mercy. Just the Eagle...and its kill zone.

War doesn't care how pretty your aircraft looks on a runway. In the unforgiving chaos overhead, you either own the sky... or you die in it.

The F-15 Eagle was built to kill.

Born from the shockwaves of Vietnam and the rising specter of Soviet airpower, the Eagle wasn't just a fighter-it was a machine engineered for dominance. No compromises. No politics. Just raw, decisive air superiority. And that's exactly what it delivered.

From its first flight in 1972, the F-15 rewrote the rules of aerial combat. More than one hundred air-to-air kills. Zero losses in US service. A record unmatched in modern war.

Wings of Fire is the definitive story of how the F-15 earned that fearsome reputation-from the sun-bleached runways of the Negev, to the swirling dogfights over the Persian Gulf, to long-range precision strikes deep in the Hindu Kush.

Inside, you'll experience:

• First-hand pilot accounts from the men who flew, fought, and survived in the Eagle
• Detailed mission narratives spanning the Middle East, the Balkans, Desert Storm, and beyond
• An inside look at how air combat evolved around a jet designed to dominate the sky
• Why the Eagle-five decades later-is still one of the most feared fighters on Earth

Because the thing about legends is, they don't fade quietly. They go in with afterburners lit, teeth bared, and talons out.

This is the combat history of the F-15 Eagle. The facts, the fights, and the fear it left in its wake.

Strap in. Lock on. And see why the Eagle still rules the sky.