Ups, sorry: that first sentence should have been:

USN AIM-54As (and even less so their AIM-54Cs) are _NOT_ the same as
Iranian
AIM-54As: so, they could not have been given to Iran even during the
"Irangate" affair.

Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585