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Lockheed S-3 Viking

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DesertStorm 6 Feb – Shaikh Isa has fared well so far with only 1 USAF F-4G Phantom lost back on Day 2 of DS. Hit by AAA, it made it back into Saudi territory and made an unsuccessful approach at KKMC which was fogged out. The crew was forced to eject when they ran out of fuel.

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1991, an F-14 from VF-103 became the only U.S. Navy Tomcat to be lost to hostile fire when it was shot down by an Iraqi missile. The pilot was recovered in the first combat search and rescue mission behind enemy lines since Vietnam, but the RIO was held as a POW for 6 weeks.

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A U.S. Navy Grumman KA-6D Intruder (BuNo 151793) of Attack Squadron VA-165 "Boomers" refuels a North American RA-5C Vigilante (BuNo 156621) of Reconnaissance Attack Squadron RVAH-5 "Savage Sons" over the Indian Ocean. F-4J near vf-96. 1974

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MiG Ye-8

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