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Dear Serpentine, Thank you for your confidence; however, I am sure there are plenty of enthusiasts here in the forum who can perform that job better than me. But "chashm" I will do my best. :-)

This is an aerial combat story by former F-4E fighter pilot Colonel Jalil Pour-Rezaee in which he led a formation of Iranian F-4E Phantom IIs on a high altitude bombing run of Iraqi positions in 1980. I was the chief of operations in Bushehr 6th tactical air base and Col. Kakavand was the wing...

I found more photos related to this topic: F-4s Escorting and Filming the F-14 during the Sedjeel Project Test. Release of the MIM-23 During Flight Test Project Sedjil Receives Second Place During the 6th Khawrazmi Science Competition. Col. AliMazandarani Receiving the Certificate on...

A war story by F-14A RIO Col. Ali M. Rafi'ee Date: 23rd of July, 1983 Taking off in our F-14 Tomcat from the 7th Shiraz air base as that day Combat Air Patrol (CAP) aircraft we were to arrive over the strategic northern Persian Gulf region (NW of Bushehr) and provide daily CAP missions as...

An air combat story by F-5E pilot Colonel Parveez Nasri (retired) Date: October 1980 Vahdati 4th air base I was assigned to perform a CAS (close air support) mission west of Ahwaz (capital of the province of Khuzestan) as a wingman to then Captain Mansoor Azad. We went down low to avoid...

This is what I believe: I think it is obvious by now that Iran was fighting 10-15 countries most times indirectly and directly at several incidents during the Iran-Iraq war. All the Arabian countries were helping Iraq one way or another, financially (mainly Kuwait-KSA), militarily...

An Air Combat Story by F-4E pilot Colonel (ret) Naghdi-Beyk Date: Unknown On a clear day I was tasked to bomb an important bridge deep inside Iraq known as 'Al-Habaniyah Bridge' which was of utmost importance to the outcome of the ongoing operations. This bridge ran north to south. And the Iraqi...

An air war story by Colonel. Pour-Rezaie. Commanding officer of the 32nd TFS Hamedan Air Base; Attacking K-2 Oil Storage Facilities and Pipeline (Baiji oil refinery) - August 1981 Let me begin by introducing the key players first: 11 months into the war, I was a Major commanding the 32nd...

I am not sure but I believe the idea was not originally the IRIAF as there had been discussions before about the possibility of matching the AWG and Hawk Missile. I believe some adaptation of the Standard Missile was also made on the F-4 Phantom but not as widely as the above. The purpose was...

Neccessaty is the mother of invention and/or innovation!! It does look ridiculously large for a fighter plane doesn't it? But this missile alone shot one of the Super Etendards as well as two Iraqi fighter planes with one shot!! Not a bad record for SAM on a fighter. :crazy_pilot:

War Story: Capt. ALI BAKHTIARI F-4E Pilot ATTACK ON UMM-QASR It was the early days of the war and it was imperative to attack the enemy’s naval installations and their naval vessels. Our mission was to prevent enemy movement in northwest of The 'Persian Gulf' in order to establish sea...

I read a few things about the plane and incident: - The Ukranian plane as some mentioned was licensed to be assembled in Iran. - Initially, the plane did not pass the criteria set by Iranian standard. - The experts after writing their report were reassigned or relieved from duty resulting the...

Memoirs, Major Yadollah Sharifirad The 65th day of the war began like every other day. I left for the Command Post early in the morning and asked about my mission. Either the mission wasn’t known or was deemed secret to let us know in advance; therefore, I was waiting in the Operations Room...

PILOT MEMOIRS, HOSEIN KHALILI Hosein Khalili was one of the several F-14 pilots that was transferred to the F-14 after the war had broken out as part of a plan to replenish young fighter pilots for the Tomcat. He was an experienced F-5 pilot with many hours of flight and combat missions who...

Dear Haman, I've never heard of a confirmed rumor!!! :-) As for sanctions, note that in 2001 the sanctions were NOT as severe as now. And yes, Iran may be bullied and threatened by the U.S. no argument there! And that is exactly my point why the Iranian government doesn't trust the U.S...

I am pretty sure that they don't follow the constitution all the time and when they don't they try to keep it a secret! It is not limited to Iran, many governments at times do things against the constitution even in the U.S. The logic is that they both had a common goal and enemy, the...

I think you misunderstood what I am saying. I am saying that Iran government has offered this airport as a temporary strike base to US as part of their cooperation to overthrow the Taliban. It is not that US had a secret base in Iran without Iranian government knowing about it!! If you are...

Close encounter with a Mig-23 (Pilot Memoirs, Fereidoun "Fery" AliMazandarani) After the ground attack of the Iraqi forces on September 22nd, 1980, The IRIAF played the role of the army for the first few months until Iran ground forces could get themselves to the boarders. As a result, the...

What difference does that make? If I had two IR flags below my avatar instead of U.S., then my argument would be valid? :yahoo: First I said strongly rumored and second, provided some online information regarding the issues and here is some more: . . . When the United States invaded...