10,000 hours. That’s how many hours one F-15E Strike Eagle fighter recently logged while in Afghanistan (total hours, not just in Afghanistan). That’s like 417 days straight in the sky. For jets that don’t transport people or cargo, that’s a LOT of hours.

F-15E Strike Eagle No. 89-0487 lands after completing the mission that brought its flying hours up to 10,000 at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2012. No. 89-0487 is the only aircraft of its type to complete an air-to-air kill and is now the only F-15 to reach 10,000 flying hours.
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