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| Which Aircraft achieved the 1st air to air kill in 1990-91 Iraq War? |
| A4 Skyhawk |
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12% |
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| F-15 Eagle |
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54% |
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| MiG-21 Fishbed |
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4% |
[ 1 ] |
| MiG-25 Foxbat |
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4% |
[ 1 ] |
| MiG-29 Fulcrum |
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8% |
[ 2 ] |
| Mirage F1 |
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16% |
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Post subject: Which Aircraft achieved the 1st kill in the 90-91 Iraq War?
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Which Aircraft achieved the 1st air to air kill in 1990-91 Iraq War?
1. A4 Skyhawk
2. F-15 Eagle
3. MiG-21 Fishbed
4. MiG-25 Foxbat
5. MiG-29 Fulcrum
6. Mirage F1
Vote your choice in the poll at the top of the page and then post your reasons why in the string below!
Enjoy!
CAG out...
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| Well cag, after seeing how you run your polls I have chosen the most unexpected of the aircraft, the A-4! |
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| Sat Jan 1 19:55:18 2011 |
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CAG
Ditto JP!  I vote for the A4 for the same reason and it is a Navy aircraft.
Regards,
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| Sun Jan 2 16:22:20 2011 |
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You two COULD be right, as it would fit the pattern of previous polls...
HOWEVER I may have already determined that I was becoming predictable and reversed the course and instead went away from such a path and instead tiwsted the poll in a much different way... 
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| Sun Jan 2 16:34:56 2011 |
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CAG
Are you trying to confuse us more? 
Regards,
Pappy
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| Sun Jan 2 18:29:17 2011 |
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| I chose the mig-21 because Iraq had alot of them in 1990. |
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| Tue Jan 4 20:13:13 2011 |
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I thought about this one before voting. It seems to me that the MIG 29s would be kept around baghdad for air defense. The MIG 25s would be used for highspeed attacks against true threat aircraft such as Iranian F 14s so they would not be over kuwait. So I chose the Mirage F1 because Iraq had some very successful pilots in the F1s.
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| Tue Jan 4 20:43:31 2011 |
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You could be right, or you could be over analyzing!
Only time will tell!
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| Wed Jan 5 0:28:28 2011 |
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F-15 Eagle, because I built a model airplane kit for a Strike Eagle and I remember the literature on the bird mentioned that it was flown for sidewinder kills on migs while he was going after SCUD launchers.
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| Wed Jan 5 23:51:29 2011 |
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| DukeB-120th wrote: | | F-15 Eagle, because I built a model airplane kit for a Strike Eagle and I remember the literature on the bird mentioned that it was flown for sidewinder kills on migs while he was going after SCUD launchers. |
Yes, but did the F-15 obtain the very 1ST kill? That is the question! 
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| CAG Hotshot wrote: | | DukeB-120th wrote: | | F-15 Eagle, because I built a model airplane kit for a Strike Eagle and I remember the literature on the bird mentioned that it was flown for sidewinder kills on migs while he was going after SCUD launchers. |
Yes, but did the F-15 obtain the very 1ST kill? That is the question! |
The closest thing we have to an ace in the modern era is something like three ATA kills, so the odds aren't too bad
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| DukeB-120th wrote: | | CAG Hotshot wrote: | | DukeB-120th wrote: | | F-15 Eagle, because I built a model airplane kit for a Strike Eagle and I remember the literature on the bird mentioned that it was flown for sidewinder kills on migs while he was going after SCUD launchers. |
Yes, but did the F-15 obtain the very 1ST kill? That is the question! |
The closest thing we have to an ace in the modern era is something like three ATA kills, so the odds aren't too bad |
I dont see how that correlates... The Iraqis killed many Iranian aircraft in their 10 year long war. So their pilots did have alot of experience when they invaded kuwait and I never said the kill was by a US pilot...
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| Thu Jan 6 3:18:33 2011 |
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I voted for the F-15C because it is the only US aircraft in the list.
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| Mon Jan 10 13:34:19 2011 |
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Could be that you are right...
Or it could be that you are not! 
Time will tell!
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| Tue Jan 11 0:17:10 2011 |
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| CAG Hotshot wrote: | | DukeB-120th wrote: | | CAG Hotshot wrote: | | DukeB-120th wrote: | | F-15 Eagle, because I built a model airplane kit for a Strike Eagle and I remember the literature on the bird mentioned that it was flown for sidewinder kills on migs while he was going after SCUD launchers. |
Yes, but did the F-15 obtain the very 1ST kill? That is the question! |
The closest thing we have to an ace in the modern era is something like three ATA kills, so the odds aren't too bad |
I dont see how that correlates... The Iraqis killed many Iranian aircraft in their 10 year long war. So their pilots did have alot of experience when they invaded kuwait and I never said the kill was by a US pilot... |
Yes, but I'm playing the numbers here:
-I don't think Iraqis killed too many US aircraft-
-I don't think Iraqis killed many if any kuwaiti jets in the air
-Factor in the relatively low number of ATA kills overall and one of the three F-15 ATA kills stands a pretty good chance to be the first!
Fuzzy logic? Maybe. Like you said, we'll have to wait and see. 
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