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

This mission is based on the first clash between F-5s and MiG-21s during the Iran-Iraq conflict. On the third day of the war, ...

Just six days later, the first AIM-54 kill followed: Major Mohammad-Rez Attaie shot down an Iraqi MiG-21 while he was patrolling an area over which Iraqi reconnaissance aircraft had been ...

What is your opinion of the F-15? Chapter 8 of my book goes into great detail on our engagement of two Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbats (along with my wingman, Larry “Cherry” Pitts). It was surreal in ...