"Hobo" wrote in message
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All this talk of Iranians getting the phoenix to fire from donkey carts
using parts from an old tv

This is your - and a pretty arrogant indeed - interpretation: the Iranians
have got a top-of-the line interceptor, completely equipped and accompanied
by the best in weapons, crew-training, and support available at the time.
Except you nobody here said they fired AIM-54s from "donkey carts using
parts from an old TV": they were firing AIM-54s from F-14As, produced by
Grumman Aerospace Corp., and Hughes Aerospace, respectivelly. I.e. both
"made in USA": if you consider these products to be "donkey carts using
parts from an old TV", you're of course free to do so. While I guess you
would consequently also compare firing AIM-54s against such stuff like
MiG-21s with hunting Sparrows with radar-guided missiles, I'd like to draw
your attention at the fact that you're talking here actually about
high-tech, US-made donkey carts, capable of flying at Mach 2 and equipped
with the most powerful and flexible AI-radar of the time, as well as
US-made, high-tech "parts from an old TV" flying over ranges of up to
140km...

have me wondering if the Pakis will ever get
their 30 F-16As to fire the BVR Sparrow. It is rumored

You always talk about "rumors": don't you ever accept any fix data or is it
so that you can't get any?

that the Pakis
recieved a large number of Sparrows from one of the Gulf States. Have
they been able to get them to fire from the F-16A?

Not so far.

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