And there were Bears in the air with the Illinois National Guard, cause we got a Convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight a great big convoy ain't nothing gonna get in our way come on and join our convoy across the USA. You wanna back off there Pig Pen, it's getting mighty intense up here.
IIRC that Taon was up against the FIAT G.91 and others in the NATO lightweight fighter competition. Makes you wonder what it would have looked like, developed and in service.
On this day 50 years ago, Nov 14 1974; the first of one of the finest fighters ever produced was turned over to the USAF.
The very first operational McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle air superiority fighters were delivered to the 555th Tactical Training Squadron, 58th Tactical Training Fighter Wing, at Luke Air Force Base, west of Phoenix, Arizona. The acceptance ceremony was presided over by President Gerald R. Ford. McDonnell Douglas F-15A-8-MC Eagle 73-0090 at Luke Air Force Base. The two aircraft in this photograph are painted "Air Superiority Blue"