An F15 like we've never seen it displayed before...

A Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) F15QA Ababil (similar to the F15EX Eagle II) is displayed by Boeing test pilot Jason Dotter at the Dubai Airshow 2023. This is the first time an F15QA/EX has performed at an airshow.

The F15QA Ababil is an advanced version of the F15 developed for Qatar, with AESA radar, a powerful antijamming suite, additional thrust, a strengthened fuselage and new flight control software (including full fly by wire, for the first time in an F15), among other improvements. It was later ordered by the USAF, who requested some minor customisations to the avoinics (for example, swapping the Israeli antijamming system for an American EW suite) and named their variant the F15EX Eagle II. First deliveries of both the F15QA and F15EX variants began in 2021.

The aforementioned upgrades to the aircraft, combined with the fact it is flying in a lowdrag configuration with pylons and CFTs removed, make the manoeuvrability in this video possible. Perhaps most impressive is the exceptional pitch rate and the transitions from low to high speed (and viceversa), which together allowed for an unusually compact display which barely left the airfield boundaries.

Video by Adam Landau