Capt. Sam "Nuke" Joplin, F-15 West Coast Demonstration Team pilot, performs aerial maneuvers to display the F-15C Eagle capabilities as a single-role fighter designed for air-to-air missions to hundreds of base and community spectators during their final demonstration here May 1. The Air Combat Command demo team has performed more than 150 times to spectators around the globe over the last two years. This is the final demonstration for the F-15C Eagle completing a 26-year career, which began in 1983. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares) 

 (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

 

 (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

A F-15 fourship at Frisian Flag 2009 Leeuwarden airbase, The Netherlands. Photo by Arno Gaarthuis

A 493rd FS F-15 blasting down the runway at Frisian Flag 2009 Leeuwarden airbase, The Netherlands. Photo by Arno Gaarthuis