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F-15EX Strike Eagle II. The most modern and most powerful version of the F-15 family. It's not undetectable by radar, but its striking power is enormous, greater than that of its predecessor F-15E. The United States is betting on two paths, the technological one with low visibility and with the ability to hit hard where it's needed.

End of the morning session, a bit more in the afternoon.

USS Philippine Sea (CV 47). Grumman F9F-2 Panther fighters of Fighter Squadrons 111 and 112 (VF-111 & VF-112) parked on the flight deck, forward, during a snowstorm off the Korean coast, 15 November 1950.

This risqué gouache on board illustration for the Maureen Graham story, "Ransom for a Dead Wife"