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| | Edwards Air Force Base - F-15 Eagle's first flight 30 years past |
 | | He commented that the aircraft, although it is essentially the same design as the original Eagle, has had improvements made over the years, so it's not the same aircraft, and attributed that to the work of the designers, builders and maintainers. |
 | | The first Eagle was rolled out of the McDonnell-Douglas plant in St. Louis in 1969, and was delivered to Edwards aboard a C-5A Galaxy July 11, 1972. |
 | | As Fontaine spoke of the Eagle, he referred to the aircraft as the most formidable fighter the world has ever known, and gave some figures to back up the claim. |
| www.edwards.af.mil /archive/2002/2002-archive-f15_anniv.html (739 words) |
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