Rank 49 documents the McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle — the single-seat air-superiority variant that entered USAF service in 1979 with a design brief that rejected every pound of unnecessary air-to-ground ballast. Powered by twin Pratt & Whitney F100 afterburning turbofans and guided by the Hughes APG-63 pulse-Doppler radar, the F-15C delivered thrust-to-weight performance that rewrote beyond-visual-range engagement doctrine during Cold War NATO exercises. Israeli F-15s scored the type's first kills over Lebanon; USAF Eagles dominated Desert Storm and remain in service with upgraded MSIP and AESA radars decades after the Soviet threat that birthed them. Split-view blueprint art renders the grey exterior and twin-engine wireframe exactly as the master PNG dictates.