F-15C Eagle Weapons School ends at Nellis AFB

The United States Air Force is continuing to modernize its future fighter force, and part of that evolution includes the sunset of the F-15C Eagle division of the United States Air Force Weapons School Weapons Instructor Course.

The single-seat F-15C Eagle entered the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1979, and weapons officers have been trained on the aircraft's tactics at the Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base since 1978.

Those years of tradition came to an end Dec. 8, as the last cadre of students and instructors flew the final defensive counter air vulnerability for Weapons Instructor Course 21-B.

Airman holding chocks standing next to F-15C on ramp — A maintainer removes the chocks from an F-15C Eagle as it prepares to take off to conduct its final defensive counter air vul during Weapons School Integration 21-B at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. 8, 2021. Maintainers have kept the F-15C Eagle flying since 1978.

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