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In case you ask the inevitable next question; they kept falling off inflight, and offered very little in the way of drag reduction, so the USAF removed them from all F-15's in the late 70's.
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Back in the day when I went to tech school to work on the F100 motor, I asked my puzzled instructor about this (her best initial explanation of an afterburner to our mostly inexperienced class was "those fire nozzles on Top Gun"). It was explained to me by her that the reason the Eagle dropped those was because of airflow issues, and at certain power settings the petals were getting too hot, or melting, something along those lines.
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An old boss o'mine that used to work Eagles in Saudi said they were removed due to vibration issues (which someone mentioned earlier), but he didn't elaborate.
вкратце,
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From what I understand, they were a PITA.
*Pain In The Ass