Air Combat Command has developed a pod-based system called Talon Hate which functions like a translator between an F-15’s Link 16 datalink and an F-22's in-flight datalink.

An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a training mission over the Mediterranean.

Two F-15E Strike Eagles leave the KC-135 Stratotanker after receiving fuel over Iraq during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Airmen load a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition onto an F-15E Strike during Coronet Warrior, an Operational Readiness Exercise, at Seymour Johnson.

A member of a weapons load crew adjusts a mount on an F-15E Strike Eagle.

An F-15E Strike Eagle sits on the flight line at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey during a deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

An F-15E Strike Eagle disconnects from a KC-10A Extender after receiving fuel over Iraq in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve.

Propulsion technicians service an F-15E Strike Eagle engine at Mountain Flome Air Force Base, Idaho.

Engine mechanics assigned to the 4th Component Maintenance Squadron perform routine maintenance on an F-15E Strike Eagle engine at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

An F-15E Strike Eagle engine running with the afterburner engaged in the propulsion flight test cell facility at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

A weapons load crew team, from the 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, load an AIM-120 onto an F-15E Strike Eagle after a sortie in support of the NATO Tactical Leadership Programme course at Los Llanos Air Base, Spain.

An F-15E Strike Eagle receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

F-15E Strike Eagles with the 389th Fighter Squadron taxi to their shelters at Mountain Home Ar Force Base, Idaho, upon their return from a deployment to Southwest Asia.

A Legion IRST pod fitted to an F-15E.

Airmen prepare an F-15E Strike Eagle at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

An F-15E Strike Eagle, assigned to the 366th Fighter Wing taxis at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.