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TIL The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle has an air-to-air kill ratio of 98 to 1, the only air-to-air loss in 40 years of operation was a Saudi Arabian Air Force F-15 believed to have been shot down by an Iraqi Mig-25 during Operation Desert Shield/Storm in 1991.

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