During the Iran-Iraq war, F-5 played an extremely important role. It was used by Iran for various tasks, including CAS, interdiction and Combat Air Patrols. Iraq on the other hand operated various ...

U.S. warplanes came within two minutes of firing at an Iraqi MIG-25 fighter jet after it sneaked into Saudi airspace last week, U.S.

The Iraqi MiG-25 pilots thus knew exactly where and how to enter the Iranian airspace unobserved before accelerating and climbing for the actual mission.

Any source citing ‘Syrian MiG-25Ps’ is of dubious quality.” In the 1991 Gulf War the MiG-25 performed better, at least in Iraqi Air Force service.

The Iraqi MiG-25 pilots thus knew exactly where and how to enter the Iranian airspace unobserved before accelerating and climbing for the actual mission.

The MiG-25 Foxbat would eventually make way for the MiG-31 Foxhound and proved that faster is not always better, especially in modern combat.

Recent reports indicate that the Iraqi Air Force is facing a multitude of problems that raises questions about its future.

One would down an F/A-18 from an Iraqi MiG-25 in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, with a second one causing damage to a USAF F-15 jet later that same year. The Foxbat's radar system was also severely ...

In fact, the only F-15 jet downed in the Iraq War was by an Iraqi MiG-25. Egyptian MiG-25s performed brilliantly in the Arab Israeli Wars, flying high over the Sinai and Negev, while Israeli ...

Then on Dec. 23, 2002, an Iraqi MiG-25 intercepted one of the Predators and, for the first time, the two planes exchanged fire.