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Could a single F-15 have prevented Pearl Harbor?

Would have enough armament to take on all the zeros, but it would have made an impression. I'd say 2 or 3 might have prevented it though.
 
Shovelrick said:
If the Japs Knew we had these Yes, 1 F-15 I’m not too sure, remember Kamakazees
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The Zeros would have no chance against one F-15. The F-15 can do 1,650 MPH, while the Zeros topped out at 351 MPH. One pass at over Mach 1 with the F-15 would cause the Zeros to spiral out of control from the jet wash. The video showed that the single F-15 could have taken out all 5 carriers, which would leave the Japs with no aircraft to attack Pearl Harbor.
 
1971Chevelle said:
The Zeros would have no chance against one F-15. The F-15 can do 1,650 MPH, while ther Zeros topped out at 351 MPH. One pass at over Mach 1 with the F-15 would cause the Zeros to spiral out of control from the jet wash. The video showed that the single F-15 could have taken out all 5 carriers, which would leave the Japs with no aircraft to attack Pearl Harbor.
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I didn’t watch the vid, Yet
 
The other thing is the extremely fast climb rate of the F-15 at full burner. This is the last record it set (the record still stands to this day):

"In setting the last of the eight records, it reached an altitude of 98,425 feet just 3 minutes, 27.8 seconds from brake release at takeoff and "coasted" to nearly 103,000 feet before descending."

The F-15 also has a perfect combat record of 104-0. The F-16 is close at 76-1. But, the F-15 remains a very formidable fighter even today. I love that aircraft.
 
I suppose it'd be possible, but given the current technology at the time, a coordinated attack from an F 15 would require advance warning. Taking off after the attack started wouldn't yield promising results. While possible, the stars would have to align perfectly for 1 F 15 to thwart the attack.
 
kmakar said:
I suppose it'd be possible, but given the current technology at the time, a coordinated attack from an F 15 would require advance warning. Taking off after the attack started wouldn't yield promising results. While possible, the stars would have to align perfectly for 1 F 15 to thwart the attack.
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I think that the Japs would lose very quickly. They had no weapons that would be able to stop the F-15, and they would be so shocked at seeing it that they would probably freeze in their tracks. I wish that they had taken the movie The Final Countdown and allowed the F-14s to attack the Japs.
 
1971Chevelle said:
I think that the Japs would lose very quickly. They had no weapons that would be able to stop the F-15, and they would be so shocked at seeing it that they would probably freeze in their tracks. I wish that they had taken the movie The Final Countdown and allowed the F-14s to attack the Japs.
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I think the thing you aren't considering is what the japs had was sheer numbers in aircraft. Despite the F15 being able to literally fly circles around the zeros, strafing fire from a number of zeros is not something the F15 would be able to avoid. There are only so many missiles an F15 can carry, so eventually it'd lead to a dogfight.

The only way the attack on pearl harbor could have been thwarted is if the F15 had advance knowledge of the carriers position and to disable / destroy them before the zeros had a chance to take off. Again, given the technology at the time, that'd have been tough to accomplish. Had expeditionary planes been out and surveying the surrounding areas, it would have been entirely possible to avoid.
 
kmakar said:
I think the thing you aren't considering is what the japs had was sheer numbers in aircraft. Despite the F15 being able to literally fly circles around the zeros, strafing fire from a number of zeros is not something the F15 would be able to avoid. There are only so many missiles an F15 can carry, so eventually it'd lead to a dogfight.

The only way the attack on pearl harbor could have been thwarted is if the F15 had advance knowledge of the carriers position and to disable / destroy them before the zeros had a chance to take off. Again, given the technology at the time, that'd have been tough to accomplish. Had expeditionary planes been out and surveying the surrounding areas, it would have been entirely possible to avoid.
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It is highly unlikely that they would be able to hit a plane moving that fast. Not to mention that if the F-15 was equipped with the right kind of missile, it would be flying way higher than the Zeros could ever hope to. Then there is the sheer maneuverability of the F-15, and the astounding climb rate (it actually accelerates while climbing vertically). I still think it could be done.
 
I'd say we would have needed more then one, but when we dropped the "BOMB" on those assholes everyone in the world knew the USA takes no shit from anyone at that time. We were close to having jet planes at the time, just not close enough.
 
The Jet engine is a weird one a lot of people think the Germans invented it first but it was invented simultaneously in 3 different country's. But Germany did have the first jet powered plane in combat that is a fact but it wasn't the first jet airplane. It had a very short flight time and ran out of fuel fast during combat speeds. It was easy to ruin their jet engine by overheating it during combat and the word got out about how to survive an attack from one of them with US fighter pilots in WWII. Most of the kills by the ME262 was against bombers and P51's & P38's had a few kills against them. I think we shot down 6 of their jets but it had over 100 bomber kills. IIRC
England had the best jet engine and shared that engine with our designers. The US and UK had jet planes already flying in 1942 and they kept trying to make the jet engines more powerful and more reliable. By late 1944 the Air Force sent 2 P80's to our Italian air bases but they never saw any combat they did try using them on reconnaissance flights but that didn't work either.
This You tube shows the early jet planes lineage


Most of this is from memory but you know how that goes. lol
 
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This you tube video is a good explanation of how the jet race in WWII looked from our side.


I had forgotten the Brits put a twin engine jet in combat too so it wasn't only the nazi's that had a jet fighter in the big one.
 
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