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Registration: 86-0156

Construction Number: C384

Code Number: LN

Military Unit: 493FS / 48FW

Model McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle

Operator: US Air Force

Airport: RAF Lakenheath (EGUL), UK - England

Photographer: Malcolm Clarke

Date Taken: 22/06/2006

Date Submitted: 18/03/2007

While on a sortie over Bosnia on March 26th 1999, piloted by Captain Jeffrey C.J. Hwang, this aircraft shot down two MiG-29's from the Serbian Air Force, Captain Hwang becoming the first pilot in combat history to single handedly and simultaneously destroy two enemy aircraft during a single intercept using radar guided missiles.

Picture ID:1046604

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