Using their F-14 Tomcat (much-improved) Link-16 datalink, LCDR Coby 'Coach' Loessberg and his RIO obtained their targeting data from the… Read More
The Tu-16 was then hit by one of two missiles fired by two Mirages and attempted to escape in an… Read More
The ‘Package Q Airstrike' took place on Jan. 19, 1991 and it was the largest combined strike of Operation Desert… Read More
When a group of Iraqi pilots was sent for a staff course at Randolph Air Force Base in the US,… Read More
Following a series of training flights, on the morning of May 17, 1987 Suzanna’s crew received the order to load… Read More
‘We had practised in the sim against the “Foxbat” and knew if he decided to run at the AWACS or… Read More
Post-war CAPs were usually quite uneventful, and the biggest enemy that threatened most F-15C Eagle pilots during this period was… Read More
Sqn Ldr Pete Batson and Wg Cdr Mike Heath caught an Iraqi Air Force Mirage F1EQ, rather than a ‘MiG’,… Read More
‘Out of the black night, a bright, orange, twisting, tumbling fireball flashes forward into our right two-o-clock as Jim keeps… Read More
A MiG-25 'Foxbat' which flew into the no-fly zone at Mach 2.5 and headed directly for a high-value asset, created… Read More
The Super Étendard was used by Iraqi Air Force to attack oil tankers and merchant shipping in the Persian Gulf… Read More
On May 17, 1987, the guided missile frigate USS Stark was hit by a pair of French Made Exocet Missiles… Read More
Still pursued by the two Mirages, the Tupolev thundered low over the Israeli air base, making a right turn that… Read More
‘At about two miles I looked once again, but I was no longer thinking about taking a pre-merge shot, so… Read More
If there was ever a story making the Iraqi Air Force of the 1960s 'famous' in the West, and tarnishing… Read More
As far as is known, this was the first-ever encounter between an Iraqi pilot and the shadowy stealth fighter of… Read More
“When United States and coalition forces invaded Iraq in 2003 [during Operation Iraqi Freedom], they faced no Iraqi Air Force… Read More
