During the Iran-Iraq war, F-5 played an extremely important role. It was used by Iran for various tasks, including CAS, ...

One would down an F/A-18 from an Iraqi MiG-25 in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, with a second one causing damage to a USAF F-15 jet later that same year. The Foxbat's radar system was also severely ...

Iraqi MiG-25s were largely destroyed in the Gulf War, with the survivors eliminated in Operation Desert Storm. In the USSR, the MiG-25 would eventually become the MiG-31 Foxhound, a variant ...

In the 1991 Gulf War the MiG-25 performed better, at least in Iraqi Air Force service. On the very first night of the air war over Iraq a pair of F/A-18Cs from VFA-81, the “Sunliners”, flying ...

The MiG-25 Foxbat proved to be a competent interceptor ... the Foxbat continued to operate into the Gulf War with the Iraq military) and offered some compelling enhancements, such as more robust ...

As for how Speicher was shot down, authors Douglas C. Dildy and Tom Cooper interviewed Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat pilot Lt. Zuhair Dawoud for their book, "F-15C Eagle vs MiG-23/25: Iraq 1991." ...

He apparently was attacked by an Iraqi MiG-25 fighter. Another American pilot who saw the jet explode in the air reported that it was hit by an air-to-air missile and that he did not see Speicher ...

Then on Dec. 23, 2002, an Iraqi MiG-25 intercepted one of the Predators and, for the first time, the two planes exchanged fire. Video of the brief battle, shot by the Predator, was obtained by CBS ...