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Image: F-15C Tornado IDS DFST8901717

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Description: A Boeing F-15C Eagle flying over Germany with two Panavia Tornado IDS on 6 Apr 1987. The U.S. Air Force F-15C-27-MC (s/n 08-0005) was assigned to the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing at Bitburg Air Base, Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany). The right-hand Tornado belonged to No. 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Germany, based at RAF Brüggen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany), the left-hand Tornado (s/n 44+37) was from the (then West-) German Luftwaffe Jagdbombergeschwader 32 (JaboG 32) (32nd Fighter-Bomber Wing) at Lechfeld, Bayern (Germany). These aircraft were part of a larger, 15-aircraft formation taking part in an aerial review for departing General Charles L. Donnelly Jr., commander in chief, U.S. Air Force, Europe (USAFE) and commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe.
Title: F-15C Tornado IDS DFST8901717
Credit: U.S. defenseimagery photo no. DF-ST-89-01717
Author: camera operator: SSgt. David Nolan, USAF
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License: Public domain
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