Northrop F-15 Reporter

F-15A / RF-61C Reporter
An F-15A later used in "Operation Thunderstorm"
General information
TypePhotographic reconnaissance
National originUnited States
ManufacturerNorthrop Corporation
StatusRetired
Primary userUnited States Air Force
Number built36
History
First flight3 July 1945
Retired1968
Developed fromNorthrop P-61 Black Widow

The Northrop F-15 Reporter (later RF-61) was an American unarmed photographic reconnaissance aircraft. Based on the Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter, it was the last piston-powered photo-reconnaissance aircraft designed and produced for the United States Air Force. Though produced in limited quantities, and with a relatively short service life, the F-15's aerial photographs of the Korean Peninsula would prove vital in 1950, when North Korea invaded the south.

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