F-15E Crews Awarded For Repelling Houthi Drone Attack

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F-15E Strike Eagle crews do some amazing work engaging dozens of hostile drones. Multiple shootdowns using missiles, and guns!

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[jaysonpida]

The pilot that got the highest award- he came up with the plan on how to effectively use the strike eagle against these drones by researching/analyzing previous data. He got it quickly disseminated to the squadrons. During the attack he and the wso had to direct the attack/divide up the airspace for everyone while conducting their own intercepts. Yeah, they said going low level at night for a gun attack against something low/slow was not a great feeling ...
The MS earned that award because the base was being attacked and everyone was being directed to the bunkers ...he stayed on the flight line continuing to re-arm & launch

[marcgatto]

Those pesky Houthi guys are something else! 😅

[nobodyspecial]

My dad flew with that squadron in the 60’s

[robinseibel]

Does the radar in these F-15s have the ability to filter what the aircrew sees, or is the radar screen full of drones, cruise missiles, etc?

It is amazing that everyone got home safely. Everyone did America proud that night.

[assafberwald]

As an Israeli I cannot overstate my appreciation and gratitude to the servicemen and women from the US, Britain, France and Jordan who all spent the enormous efforts and taking the risk upon themselves to save lives here in Israel. I hope the situation here cools down sooner rather than later and wish each and every one of you and them a peaceful and safe tour and a safe quick return to home and family.

[stevennicovich]

In another article I read detailing this engagement Hester's and Coffey, expended all their missile but one didn't fire. Landed with the hung missile and then jumped into another F-15E that was loaded and ready to go and got back into the fight expending all those missiles. The ground crews were turning returning F-15s around to get back into the fight in 30 minutes.

[leewhelan]

Officers figuring out awards are subjective bullshit is the chefs kiss.

[kanesword]

oh c'mon don't rip the weather guys lol. I was one for 14 years and the last 3 as a F15 Crew Chief.

[reedestrada]

The real miracle was the deconfliction between units and country’s. It wasn’t just the F-15s in the fight! There were US F-16s Israeli jets Jordanian and I believe UK aircraft all in the fight. How they didn’t have a blue on blue is a real testament to some superior airmanship. Especially because it was a short notice deployment and somewhat surprise engagement…short notice. All while ground based surface to air systems were in weapons free engagements on the incoming rockets and missiles. The debris falling on the airfield was not the drones engaged by the F-15s. It was destroyed targets from the Army Patriot and Navy and Israeli SAMs killing incoming high altitude high speed missiles. I guess mode 5 works pretty good!

[la_old_salt]

From the little I've heard, the Major and Captain awarded the Silver Stars were acting as airborne coordinators in this mission.

[bvRGiskard]

All you people second guessing the awards need to go read the article on Task And Purpose. Irish foresaw this type of attack and wrote the plan for its defense. Ground crews exposed themselves to attack on the flight line to turn the planes as fast as possible. Irish and his WSO had a full load out and had to land with a dud amraam and jump into a different plane and get back into the air.

[DelPatten-uoez]

Those bronze stars weren't w valor so they were likely admin or maybe crew chief.

[s.daniel]

Shit, might as well give the crew chiefs awards too…. Y’all know the E-4 mafia made this happen….

[Eirik]

The Msgt production superintendent who didn’t even touch the plane got a bronze star while the actual crew chiefs and weapons guys probably got bs achievement and commendation medals lol

[DekesDiveClub]

Hey Gonky & Wombat: how about some love for Navy Nukes? (I'm the father of an MM(N)2 vet of CVN-68.)

[AaronMal]

There may be something involved in the award that had a secret classification. The specifics that put them at a Silver Star level may be redacted from the public award order.

[BeechSportBill]

When’s the last time a US airbase was under attack?

[jaysonpida]

Single seat 22s got a balloon stencil....right .
Lm*o.

[kimgye]

A little late with this I think. Plus info is out there about the award named folks particular duties. But maybe you guys taped this many days ago?

[nathanthompson]

Medal creep hasn’t changed. Isn’t the pay check the reward for doing your job?