"Matt Wiser" wrote in message
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Then why were new Phoenixes on Iran's shopping list during those secret
(and illegal) deals? Were those the rounds that were ordered but not
delivered?

But, Matt,
they haven't ordered any, nor ever got any additional AIM-54s after autumn
1978 (in the sence of complete rounds).


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