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Davis83 wrote:
Yes, can't recall the s/n, but yes a shaw D did have a mig kill. I think it was the first ever A120 kill from a 16 too.
update: Source is Wikpedia under combat Service:
On 27 December 1992 a USAF F-16D (serial 90-0778) from the 363rd TFW/33rd TFS, piloted by LTC Gary North shot down an Iraqi MiG-25 in UN-restricted airspace over southern Iraq, marking the first USAF F-16 kill and the first AMRAAM kill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-16_Fighting_Falcon
Wow, I remember this like yesterday, I was only 15, and this was flash news and was announced during regular programming as a news ticker, apparently it happened sometime afternoon, it made it to evening news. Later, I acquired a poster from Rayhteon, depicting this first 120 strike... |
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