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From: leem@jpl-devvax.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Lee Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: Air losses in the Gulf
Message-ID: <1991Apr12.055157.14135@amd.com>
Date: 11 Apr 91 16:53:17 GMT
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From: leem@jpl-devvax.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Lee Mellinger)


In article <1991Apr4.042518.12876@amd.com> scott@sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Silvey) writes:
:>[I doubt the air defenses were very integrated after the first
:> night, and my understanding is that only F-117s went into
:> Baghdad.  --CDR]
:
:Actually, I believe I recall more than one pilot being interviewd on TV who
:  said they had flown over Baghdad (they weren't F117 pilots).  I believe one
:  was a Strike Eagle pilot who was on the first raid. 
:In any case, I would like to hear a confirmation either way on this question...
:Scott

A recent issue of AvLeak, last week I believe, had a statement by what
I remember was an Air Force official who said that ONLY F-117A's were
allowed to attack targets inside the city limits of Bahgdad.  He also
related a story about an F-117A having an Iraqi Mirage F-1 on his 6
o'clock.  He altered his course a few degrees and the Mirage kept to
the original heading, apparently never seeing him or picking him up on
radar.

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