AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1972

Aircraft hub · 1972 · Cold War

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (A) appears at 1 UK museum in the Aviation Gazetteer.

1972
First flight
~1,200+
Built
Mach 2.5
Top speed
1
Museum
Illustrated plate of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle from the Compendium
The Compendium · 1972
Side profile of the F-15A, painted as 76-0020, IWM Duxford’s McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle, an F-15A-15-MC built for the US Air Force and now shown in the American Air Museum: the US Air Force’s single-seat, twin-engined air-superiority fighter, 42 ft 10 in in span, with two Pratt & Whitney F100 afterburning turbofans fed by large rectangular variable-ramp intakes either side of the cockpit, a broad flat fuselage with a shoulder-set cropped-delta wing, twin fins, all-moving tailplanes with a dogtooth leading edge, a large bubble canopy and a dorsal airbrake, shown standing on its tricycle undercarriage with three 600 US gallon drop tanks, four AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the lower fuselage corners and empty rails on the wing pylons: ‘Compass Ghost’ grey camouflage, darker grey on top and lighter grey on the sides and undersides, a grey radome with a small black tip, black bands under the fin-tip fairings, a full-colour star-and-bar on the forward fuselage, the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing’s black ‘BT’ tail code over ‘AF 76’ and ‘020’ on the outer faces of the fins and ‘020’ on the nose-gear door, as repainted for display (in the museum it hangs from the roof with its undercarriage up; the model shows it on its wheels, the port upper-wing star-and-bar follows standard US Air Force practice rather than a photograph, and the grey shades are judged by eye under museum lighting)
Plate 205 · The Hangar

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle in the UK

The gazetteer records 1 McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle airframe (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 1 UK collection, in one region: East of England.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle 76-0020

3D model

The F-15A in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as 76-0020, IWM Duxford’s McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle, an F-15A-15-MC built for the US Air Force and now shown in the American Air Museum: the US Air Force’s single-seat, twin-engined air-superiority fighter, 42 ft 10 in in span, with two Pratt & Whitney F100 afterburning turbofans fed by large rectangular variable-ramp intakes either side of the cockpit, a broad flat fuselage with a shoulder-set cropped-delta wing, twin fins, all-moving tailplanes with a dogtooth leading edge, a large bubble canopy and a dorsal airbrake, shown standing on its tricycle undercarriage with three 600 US gallon drop tanks, four AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the lower fuselage corners and empty rails on the wing pylons: ‘Compass Ghost’ grey camouflage, darker grey on top and lighter grey on the sides and undersides, a grey radome with a small black tip, black bands under the fin-tip fairings, a full-colour star-and-bar on the forward fuselage, the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing’s black ‘BT’ tail code over ‘AF 76’ and ‘020’ on the outer faces of the fins and ‘020’ on the nose-gear door, as repainted for display (in the museum it hangs from the roof with its undercarriage up; the model shows it on its wheels, the port upper-wing star-and-bar follows standard US Air Force practice rather than a photograph, and the grey shades are judged by eye under museum lighting). Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (897 KB) · Plate 205 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde, Airco DH.9 / DH.9A, Airspeed Ambassador, Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson.

Rarity on charge

One of only 1 in UK public collections.

Where the type is thickest

East of England has 1 collection recording the type.

Why it matters

The short story

Not a fair fight, and not designed to be one: twin fins, twin engines, and an airframe that has never lost an air-to-air engagement in anger. The Eagle was the late Cold War’s answer to owning the sky — power, radar and kinematics first, subtlety optional. Duxford’s F-15A sits in the American Air Museum, still looking as if the ceiling is a temporary inconvenience.

Type notes

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle in brief

TypeMcDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (A)
UK museums holding one1
Airframes recorded in this survey1

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 1 McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle airframe in UK collections.

Which museum has the most McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle airframes?

IWM Duxford has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.