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IRIAF
This Tomcat is best known for having been used to shot down two Iraqi MiG-23 interceptors with a single AIM-54A missile, on 21 July 1982, in an engagement half-way between Baghdad and the Iranian border, after its crew ignored the order not to enter the Iraqi airspace at any cost.

 

Specifications
General

Type: Fighter
Crew: 2
First flight: 21 December 1970
Introduction: September 1974
Number built: 712
Powerplant
2× General Electric F110-GE-400 afterburning turbofans,
61.4 kN each (123.7 kN each with afterburner)
Dimensions/Masses
Length: 19.1 m | Wingspan: 11.58 m-19.55 m | Height: 4.88 m
Wing area: 54.5 m² | Empty weight: 19838 kg
Loaded weight: 27700 kg| Max takeoff weight: 33720 kg
Performances
Maximum speed: Mach 2.34 (2485 km/h)
Combat radius: 926 km | Ferry range: 2960 km
Service ceiling: 15200 m
Armament

Inside: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling gun
Outside: Up to 6600 kg of weapons on ten external hardpoints

 

 

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