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Combat aircraft · Heavy multirole fighter

F-15 Eagle (Gulf and Israeli variants)

The heavy American fighter that is the common thread of the region's most capable air forces — the Saudi F-15SA, the Qatari F-15QA and the Israeli F-15I — and the type most associated with strike at the ranges this system is fought across.

F-15 EagleUnited States1970s design; SA, QA and I variants delivered from the 1990s to the 2020s

Status as of
2026-09
Last reviewed
2026-09-09

AssessmentHigh confidence

Recognition context, not a stat sheet. The catalogue covers major publicly documented systems relevant to the conflicts Vigil covers — not an exhaustive order of battle. No quantities, availability or current allocations are recorded.

The recordWhat this system is, where it comes from, who operates it and which of Vigil’s modules it is relevant to — with the evidence each of those rests on.

FieldedEvidence: Documented
Silhouette · not to scale

Record

FamilyF-15 Eagle
VariantsF-15SA; F-15QA; F-15I Ra'am; F-15C/D; F-15S
OriginUnited States
ManufacturerBoeing
Era1970s design; SA, QA and I variants delivered from the 1990s to the 2020s
Appears inIran–Gulf 2026 war · Yemen campaign

Conflict relevance

This is the catalogue's single record for this system. It is relevant to the module below; each module's Force Atlas shows how it is used there.

Iran–Gulf · Force Atlas

Operators

Saudi Arabia · Primary operatorQatar · Secondary operatorIsrael and the Gulf · Secondary operator

Saudi Arabia: The F-15SA and earlier variants are the core of the Royal Saudi Air Force. · Qatar: The F-15QA, the newest variant of the family in the region, delivered from 2021. · Israel and the Gulf: The F-15I Ra'am and older variants carry the Israeli air force's long-range strike load.

Battlefield role

Long-range strike and air superiority; the aircraft that carries the most weapons the furthest.

Strengths

Range, payload and a modern sensor fit on the newest variants; a common logistics and training base with the United States.

Limitations

A large, non-stealthy aircraft in an environment of long-range air defences, dependent on American support that is a policy lever. Numbers, bases and sortie rates are not recorded.

Campaign relevance

Derived: a participant organisation in these campaigns carries a typed equipment association with this system. That is not the same as documented use of the system in the campaign itself.

Documented conflict use

Saudi F-15s flew the Yemen air war from 2015; Israeli F-15Is are reported in the strikes on Iran of 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Branch & service operators

PartialConfidence: HighSources: IISS Military Balance↗ · Congressional Research Service — Iran, the Gulf and the Strait of HormuzMethodologyCorrections

Assessed as of2026-09Last reviewed2026-09-09