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 ...

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." ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although it went unnoticed at the time, an after-action report showed that an Iraqi MiG-25 had fired an air-to-air missile at a U.S. plane in late December but the missile fell short. During that ...

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 ...

The MiG-25 (NATO reporting name: Foxbat) was one of the most awesome, yet most misunderstood, fighters of the Cold War.Envisioned as an interceptor designed to destroy U.S. supersonic bombers and ...

but new engines and other spare parts for Mig-23 and 25's from Syria. • International sanctions have prevented Iraqi access to overseas maintenance and repair facilities, although spare parts ...