Two Firsts: How One Pilot Made History with F-16 and AIM-120 Amraam Kills

One of the most famous clashes took place on Sunday, Dec. 27, 1992, when an Iraqi MiG-25 (NATO reporting name “Foxbat”) fighter violated the no fly zone and entered airspace south of 33rd parallel.Operation Southern Watch (OSW) began on Aug. 27, 1992 with the stated purpose of ensuring Iraqi compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 (UNSCR 688) of Apr. 5, 1991, which barred fixed and rotary wing aircraft from airspace south of the 33rd parallel.However air operations conducted by Saddam Hussein’s air force during ’91-’92 showed he had no intention of complying with resolution 688. In fact as explained by Donald J. McCarthy, Jr. in his book “The Raptors All F-15 and F-16 aerial combat victories,” countless military engagements between coalition forces and Iraqi command and control systems, anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) sites, radar sites, and surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites took place from the very end of the 1991 Gulf War until the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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