Wings of Fire

No Backup. No Mercy. Just the Eagle... and its kill zone.War doesn't care how pretty your aircraft looks on a runway. In the unforgiving chaos overhead, you either own the sky...or you die in it.Born from the shockwaves of Vietnam and the rising specter of Soviet airpower, the Eagle was a fighter built for dominance. And that's exactly what it delivered.From its first flight in 1972, the F-15 rewrote the rules of aerial combat. Twin-engine thrust pushing past Mach 2. Powerful radar reaching far beyond visual range. Missiles that struck fast, struck first, and ended the fight before the enemy even knew it had begun.With more than 100 air-to-air kills-and zero losses in US service-the F-15 has a record unmatched in modern warfare. Wings of Fire is the definitive story of how the F-15 earned that fearsome reputation-from the sun-bleached runways of the Negev, to the swirling dogfights over the Persian Gulf, to long-range precision strikes deep inside hostile territory. This is the combat history of the F-15 Eagle-its facts, its fights, and the fear it left in its wake. Strap in. Lock on. And see why the Eagle still rules the sky.