F-15 Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle was designed in direct response to the Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat threat, with the mantra Not a pound for air-to-ground reflecting its pure air superiority mission. The F-15 has achieved an unprecedented 104-0 kill-to-loss ratio in aerial combat across multiple conflicts. Israeli F-15s dominated Syrian fighters over the Bekaa Valley in 1982, and USAF F-15Cs achieved the majority of aerial kills in the 1991 Gulf War. The F-15E Strike Eagle variant later proved equally capable in the ground attack role. The aircraft remains in production as the F-15EX for the USAF.