Below Safe Altitude: Inside the Night F-15E Crews Stopped 300 Attacks

On April 13, 2024, Iran launched over 300 drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles at Israel in a single coordinated wave — the largest direct attack in history. F-15E Strike Eagle crews from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base were already airborne when it started. What followed was a night of decisions that had never been made before — below safe altitude, in complete darkness, with drones filling their radar and a base under active attack waiting for them when they tried to land. This is that night told through the firsthand accounts of the pilots and crew chiefs who were there. 📌 Interview footage sourced from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) — dvidshub.net ───────────────────────────── 🔔 Subscribe for more military aviation content built around the people who actually do the job. ───────────────────────────── #F15E #StrikeEagle #MilitaryAviation #IranAttack #April13 #4thFighterWing #SeymourJohnson #USAF #DroneWar #335thFighterSquadron ───────────────────────────── 🎵 Music: Interloper by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Ghost Dance by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/