The F-15E Strike Eagle Story · Part 2
Twenty Years at War
The inside story of a combat-proven aircraft transformed for the networked battlespace—and used on operations for twenty more years.
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01 · The continuing story
How the F-15E remained lethal, connected and relevant.
Twenty Years at War continues directly from Part 1. It follows the people, hardware and software that turned the Strike Eagle into a networked combat aircraft, connecting incremental modifications to the changes they produced in cockpit workload, tactics and the crew’s understanding of the battlespace.
The book combines technical explanation with operational narrative. It includes missions in Djibouti and against ISIL that had remained classified, alongside the wider story of two decades of continuous combat employment.
02 · Inside Part 2
Modernisation understood from the inside.
From platform to network
Gold Pan, Fighter Data Link, Litening and Sniper—and what these changes meant for the crews using them.
MEDB, UAI and processing
The little-documented architecture that enabled faster integration of sensors, displays and new weapons.
A 4.5-generation Strike Eagle
APG-82 AESA, MIDS-JTRS, EPAWSS, universal weapons integration and cooperation with fifth-generation aircraft.
Twenty years at war
Human accounts of mission planning, improvisation and combat, including stories not previously told in print.
03 · Inside the book
A richly illustrated modern history.
04 · A complementary series
One continuous history. Two complementary books.
The two books form one continuous history. Each is a limited-edition hardback, individually hand-numbered from a print run of only 1,000, researched and produced as a substantial reference work in its own right.
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