November 6, 2003 at 11:19 am
I’ve been adding up the plane’s combat record, it seems to have had a distinguished career in the hands of its operators:
Iraqi F1’s were reported to shot down at least 2 F-14’s, amongst numerous other kills.
An Iraqi F1’s scored against the USS Stark. I understand this has been the only time since WWII a US combat vessel or any US combat units have been succesfully engaged by an aircraft. (I’m not counting US spy ships, as these are not combat units)
Ecuadorian F1’s shot down a number of Peruvian Su22’s and Dragonfly’s
South African F1’s shot down at least 2 Mig 21’s and a number of lesser aircraft. Although they were later outclassed by the Mig 23’s.
Anybody got anything to add to this?