iraqi air force :
in the opening minutes of the gulf war on 17 january 1991, an unarmed usaf ef-111, crewed by captain james a. Denton and captain brent d. Brandon scored a kill against an iraqi dassault mirage f1eq, which they managed to maneuver into the ground, making it the only f-111 to achieve an aerial victory over another aircraft. According to iraqi sources confirmed that iraqi mirage f-1eq piloted by najim abdullah al-jubouri didn't crash, but managed to hit the f-111 with magic missile. Probably an early detonation of missile have confused pilots as both sides claim victory
1.17th january 1991 - an iraqi mig-29 shot down by f-15c 85-119 58 tfs/33 tfw pilot on k. "j.b." kelk,pilot ? Fate ? Ejected ?
2.17th january 1991 - an iraqi mig-29 shot down by f-15c 85-125 58 tfs/33 tfw pilot capt. Chuck "sly" magill (usmc).
3.19th january 1991 - an iraqi mig-25 shot down by f-15c 85-099 58 tfs/33 tfw pilot capt. Richard "kluso" tollini.
4.19th january 1991 - an iraqi mig-25 shot down by f-15c 85-101 58 tfs/33 tfw pilot capt. Larry "cherry" pitts.
5.19th january 1991 - an iraqi mig-29 shot down by f-15c 85-122 58 tfs/33 tfw pilot capt. Craig "mole" underhill.
6.19th january 1991 - an iraqi mig-29 hit the ground while trying to avoid f-15c 85-114 58 tfs/33 tfw pilot capt. Cesar "rico" rodriguez, "jameel sayhood was an iraqi pilot in the gulf war who it is claimed managed to attain one of the few aerial victories by the iraqi air force in his mig-29b, before being shot down by usaf captain craig underhill and captain cesar rodriguez with their f-15cs mere minutes after his air-air victory" captain sayhood was flying his mig-29b in iraq on the third day of the war in order to root out and shoot-down coalition aircraft bombing iraq. It is claimed that raf pilots gary lennox and adrian weeks were flying their panavia tornado on a bombing mission at tallil airfield in iraq. Sayhood spotted them and promptly brought them down with an r-60 missile from his mig's arsenal.weeks and lennox were killed in the crash of their aircraft, serial za467. However this aircraft is recorded as having crashed on 22 january on a mission to ar rutbah,sayhood continued his mission defending iraqi airspace and came across two f-15cs piloted by captains craig underhill and cesar rodriguez. Underhill and rodriguez were pursuing another pair of mig-29s when they spotted sayhood and his wingman. Sayhood and his wingman promptly engaged the two american aircraft and one of the most intense dogfights of the gulf war ensued. The two migs and f-15s flew straight at each other, each attempting to visually identify their aggressors. Underhill faced sayhood's wingman, while sayhood himself faced rodriguez. Underhill fired an aim-7 at sayhood's wingman, hitting him head on and killing him. At the same time, rodriguez sensed a radar lock by sayhood, throwing him onto the defensive. Rodriguez dove down to the deck in order to confuse sayhood's radar with ground clutter, hoping to shake the radar lock on his aircraft. After seeing his wingman killed, sayhood briefly broke off the attack. Rodriguez and underhill started heading south for a tanker, when sayhood approached them from the north. Rodriguez and underhill turned around to face sayhood. Underhill got a radar lock on sayhood with an aim-7, but didn't fire because he wasn't sure if sayhood was friendly or not. Sayhood sliced into their formation causing a "classic merge". Underhill climbed, keeping his lock on sayhood, while rodriguez stayed committed to the merge in order to visually identify the aircraft as hostile. As they passed each other, rodriguez identified it as iraqi, and each pilot turned left to engage the other. Sayhood was relying on the mig's better turning radius to get onto rodriguez's tail. They slowly spiraled towards the ground until sayhood attempted to pull out using a split-s. Rodriguez didn't follow, and just before sayhood could pull out, he crashed into the ground. He managed to eject from his mig, however it is unknown if he survived.
7.26th january 1991 - an iraqi mig-23 shot down by f-15c 85-104 58 tfs/33 tfw pilot capt. Rhory "hoser" draeger.
8.26th january 1991 - an iraqi mig-23 shot down by f-15c 85-108 58 tfs/33 tfw pilot capt. Anthony "kimo" schiava.
9.26th january 1991 - an iraqi mig-23 shot down by f-15c 85-114 58 tfs/33 tfw pilot capt. Cesar "rico" rodriguez.
