{"id":23285,"date":"2024-01-05T13:47:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T12:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsudo.nl\/aviation\/?page_id=23285"},"modified":"2025-05-23T11:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:40:11","slug":"f-15-eagle-tailcodes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katsudo.nl\/aviation\/f-15-eagle-tailcodes\/","title":{"rendered":"F-15 Eagle tailcodes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I started my spotterscareer in 1978, the local fightersquadron at my homebase Soesterberg, was transitioning from the F-4E Phantom to the F-15 Eagle. Since that moment I’ve seen quite a few different tailcodes on F-15’s And I thought it’d be fun to show them all together below, so here we go:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tailcode BT from Bitburgh AB, August 19th 1983, Soesterberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Not really a tailcode, but nonetheless: California ANG from Fresno IAP, April 19th 2016, Leeuwarden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tailcode CR from Soesterberg AB, July 4th 1983, Soesterberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tailcode EG from Eglin AFB, June 21st 1984, Soesterberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tailcode FF from Langley AFB, June 9th 1982, Soesterberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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another one with not really a tailcode: Florida ANG, from Jacksonville, April 14th 2015, Leeuwarden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tailcode HO from Holloman AFB, May 20th 1986, Soesterberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tailcode IS from Kevlavik, Iceland, July 18th 1987, Fairford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tailcode LN from Lakenheath AFB, April 5th 2010, Leeuwarden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Louisiana ANG, seen at AMARC on April 21st 1997.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tailcode MA from Westfield-Barnes, April 19th 2016, Leeuwarden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another one with not really a tailcode: Oregon ANG from Portland, April 15th 2014, Leeuwarden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tailcode OT from Nellis AFB, April 21st 2022, Nellis AFB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tailcode ST from Sheppard AFB, April 22nd 2022, March ARB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tailcode WA from Nellis AFB, October 15th 2009, Nellis AFB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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