McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle, USAF Users part two

The F-15A was the first production version of the F-15 Eagle that was mainly focused on air-to-air combat, hence the armament, that consisted on 4xAIM-7F Sparrow plus 4xAIM-9E/L Sidewinder missiles and additional three external fuel tanks that could carry each of them up to 610 US gallons.
Some F-15As were modified in order to conduct anti-satellite trials equipped with the ASM-135 ASAT missiles on the centreline of the aircraft. As the trials destroyed a satellite they were a success and the programme officially ended in 1988.
The squadrons covered in this post are:

• 2nd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron: This squadron based in Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, transitioned from the F-106 Delta Dart to the F-15 in May 1984. They continued to training pilots for operations worldwide with the F-15A until it was deactivated in September 2010.
• 4485th Test Squadron: This squadron received their F-15A in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida in 1972 and kept them until 1988 when they were replaced by the more advanced strike version, the F-15E Strike Eagle.
• 199th Fighter Interceptor Squadron: This squadron that belongs to the Hawaii Air National Guard, switched their F-4C Phantoms II for the F-15A in 1987. They were used, together with the more advanced F-15C until 2009 when they were replaced by the F-22A Raptor. 
• 128th Tactical Fighter Squadron: In 1986 this squadron retired the F-4Phantoms and replaced them with the F-15A. They were kept in active service for ten years, until, in 1996, the squadron was reformed and switched them for the B-1B Lancer Bomber.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2d_Fighter_Training_Squadron

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/85th_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/199th_Fighter_Squadron

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/128th_Airborne_Command_and_Control_Squadron

6. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

McDonnell F-15A Eagle

The largest operator of the McDonnell F-15A in the world is the United States Air Force who, in November 1974, took it into service. We are covering the next squadrons in this post:

• 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron: After 9 years of combat operations in Vietnam, the squadron returned to the United States in 1974 to Luke Air Force Base, in Arizona. There they replaced their F-4 Phantoms II for the F-15A and became part of the 405th Tactical Training Wing. They retained the Eagle until being deactivated in March 1994. 
• 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron: This squadron replaced their aging F-105 Delta Darts for the F-15 in 1984 and retained them until 1988 when it was deactivated. 
• 43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron: The 43rd was the first unit to convert to the F-15A Eagle in Elmendorg Air Force Base, in Alaska, where it developed its own training programme and made the very first low runway condition tests with the F-15A. They retained the F-15 until 1994 when it was deactivated.
• 461st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron: This one was reactivated in July 1977 at Luke Air Force Base, in Arizona. It was intended to be a Replacement Training Unit (RTU) for the F-15A. They had the F-15A until 1982 when it was replaced by the F-15B and F-15C.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555th_Fighter_Squadron

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Flying_Training_Squadron

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43d_Fighter_Squadron

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/461st_Flight_Test_Squadron

6. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle, Israeli Users

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American all-weather tactical-fighter designed to gain and maintain aerial superiority. It flew for the first time in 1972 and it's one of the most successful modern fighters. It was exported to various countries, among them, Israel.
The F-15A was the first version that entered into service in 1972 and it was focused in aerial combat.
The Israeli Air Force bought some F-15A in 1975 under the Peace Fox programme making that way the first foreign customer of the type, as, after the Yom-Kippur war they needed new air-superiority fighter that could face against the modern MiG-25 that was already operating from Arab bases. The first aerial kill achieved by an F-15A was scored by Moshe Melnik in 1979. In the raids against Palestinian factions located in the Lebanon during 1979-1981, the F-15A achieved a reported score of 13 Syrian MiG-21 and two Syrian MiG-25. They also took part in Operation Opera, an air raid against an Iraqi nuclear reactor in June 1981. During the Lebanon-Israeli war of 1982 the F-15A were credited with a total of 41 Syrian aircrafts destroyed, twenty-three MiG-21, seventeen MiG-23 and one Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopter.

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle
2. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/mcdonnell-douglas-f-15-eagle
3. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters