After refueling the F-15A 'Eagle' from the Minot AFB is about to take off for home. A crowd of aviation fans watch it taxi down the runaway with its speed brake deployed.
This photo reminds me: In 1975 I saw a F-15 flying around Hector Field. It was very exciting. The aircraft wasn't even operational yet. The 'Streak Eagle' was an unpainted F-15A stripped of most avionics. It demonstrated the fighter's acceleration by breaking eight time-to-climb world records between 16 January and 1 February 1975 at Grand Forks AFB, ND.