The numbers don’t tell you everything. It still took skill,
experience & determination on the part of the US pilots in Gulf
War 1 to knock out Iraqi MIGs and Mirages out of the sky even
though most were running away from the fight.
The MIG 29s were good, but without good &
agressive piloting, poor SA and almost non existent
GCI on the Iraqi side. Basically, they ran & did
not try to fight.
The F15 record for 101 to 0 kills are for the
F15C version.
Are there any kills from F15 Ds or Es ?
In all cases, the F15s had overwelming air superiority with AWACs
and electronic warefare aircraft vectoring them to their targets.
Had US pilots used MIG 29s instead of F15s in this
same situation, what do you think the outcome will be ?
An F-15E "Shot down" a helicopter with a laser guided bomb
once. The pilot must have been having a fun time with that
one.
Another shot down an Mi-24 in Afghanistan... heh.
