However, the Hornets would get a chance to prove worthy of their dual designation - fighter and attack, as a pair of Iraqi MiG-21s suddenly appears ahead of them at supersonic speed. Russia ...

His wingmen swore it was an Iraqi MiG fighter. At the outset, the only thing anyone knew for sure was that he -- or his remains -- were missing in action. At that time, Steve Dwyer was serving ...

Just six days later, the first AIM-54 kill followed: Major Mohammad-Rez Attaie shot down an Iraqi MiG-21 while he was patrolling an area over which Iraqi reconnaissance aircraft had been ...