How an F-15E Shot Down a Helicopter With a 2,000-Pound Bomb

How an F-15E Shot Down a Helicopter With a 2,000-Pound Bomb

Key Points and Summary:  -On Valentine’s Day in 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, an F-15E Strike Eagle scored the platform’s first-ever air-to-air kill in one of the most unusual engagements in aviation history. -Diverted from a Scud-hunting mission to rescue a compromised U.S. Special Forces team, pilot Capt. Tim Bennett and WSO Capt. Dan Bakke targeted an Iraqi Mi-24 Hind helicopter that was landing troops. Instead of using a missile, they…