USAF  "PAIR-O-DICE"  F-15E STRIKE EAGLE

 The 60th Fighter Squadron is one of two combat flying squadrons in the 33d Fighter Wing Operations Group, 33d Fighter Wing. The mission of the 60th Fighter Squadron is to prepare and maintain a 24 Primary Assigned Aircraft (PAA) combat-coded F-15C squadron for worldwide deployment and air combat operations. The squadron plans and executes an annual flying hour program of over 5,700 sorties to train and maintain the combat readiness of 32 pilots and 300 maintenance personnel for operational tasks in the world's most sophisticated air superiority aircraft. The squadron has over 320 active-duty and civilian personnel and 27 F-15C/D aircraft assigned. The "Fighting Crows" maintain and manage $950 million in assets and have an annual budget of $14 million.

SCALE:    1:72
NOTE:    F-15E Strike Eagle 3rd Wing, 90th FS "Pair-O-Dice" (Elmendorf AFB)

Item Number:   DRW50147                                                                                                                                        Price: $34.95

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Special Features:
    - 1/72 Authentic Scale
    - High Quality Diecast Metal
    - Historically Accurate
    - Removable Weapons
    - Detailed Cockpits
    - Opening Canopies
    - Moving Wing Flaps
    - Pre-assembled
    - Display In Flight or In Landing Mode

About the 3rd Wing:
The 3rd Wing is the host unit for Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. It is the largest and principal organization in Eleventh Air Force.
Its mission is to support and defend U.S. interests in the region and around the world by providing units who are ready for worldwide air power projection and a base that is capable of meeting PACOM's theater staging and throughput requirements.

About the 90th Fighter Squadron:
The mission of the 90th Fighter Squadron is to be a combat-ready fighter squadron prepared for rapid worldwide deployment of F-15E aircraft to accomplish precision engagement of surface targets using a wide variety of conventional air-to-surface munitions. The squadron trains in the fighter missions of strategic attack, interdiction, offensive counter-air (air-to-surface), suppression of enemy defenses, as well as offensive and defensive counter-air (air-to-air).
The heritage of the 90th "Pair O'Dice" Fighter Squadron dates back to early 1917 when it was organized as the 90th Aero Squadron on 20 August 1917 at Kelly Field, TX.