Too Dangerous
The aircraft caught up in the air, and the Americans concluded that the risk was too high. Only a few minutes after the Libyan plane had taken off were flaming, this time MiG-23s. “Two fleets smashed, and two excellent ‘chutes’ were in the air,” Connelly told his observation plane.
Too Dangerous
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Time Has Changed
However, even an excellent jet like the F-14 finally flows into the past. At the time of the Gulf War, their systems could not determine which remote aircraft were hostile and which allies. The Iraqis were not prepared to accept them. Times were changing, and the Navy’s glamor planes nowadays are different crafts.
Time Has Changed
