A US air force F-15, none of which have ever been lost in combat The shooting-down of a Syrian jet by the United States is believed to be the first air-to-air kill by a manned US aircraft since 1999.
Cordesman's book, The Gulf War, was published in October 1994 ... strategic bombing campaign, close air support, armored combat, heliborne assault forces, mine warfare systems, amphibious operations, ...
In the Persian Gulf War, the radar-guided AIM-7 Sparrow proved to be a potent air-to-air weapon used by Air Force fighter pilots. Twenty-two Iraqi fixed-wing aircraft and three Iraqi helicopters ...
Lockheed's Skunk Works started its development of the F-117 Nighthawk in 1977 after the U.S. Air Force requested an ... the public knew about it, the Gulf War would shine a light on its exact ...
A former Polish Air Force MiG-21bis ‘Fishbed’ has also been delivered to the National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida, and will be refurbished in Iraqi markings for the Gulf War display.
The U.S. is sending planes the air force explicitly doesn't want in an attempt to reassure skeptical allies in the Middle East, especially the Arab Gulf states ... as the Ukraine war and tensions ...