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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
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Subject: Air-to-air kill for an EF-111
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Date: 28 Feb 91 05:10:14 GMT
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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)

I saw an AP wire story that said Air Force officials are considering
crediting an EF-111 with the first air-to-air kill of the Iraq campaign.
Apparently, during a sortie the first night, an Iraqi plane (a MiG,
I believe) fired a missle at it.  The EF-111 was forced to take evasive
action.  It did so so successfully that the MiG, which was trying
to get back on its tail, crashed.  This appears to have been the first
Iraqi plane downed during the war.

On a related note, the NY Times today (2/26), in an article on ``smart
bombs'', mentioned an incident where an F-111 dropped a smart bomb on
an airborne enemy helicopter.