Regarding the Sand Foxbats

"Tom Cooper" wrote in message
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If you mean such things happening during the IPGW (Iraq-Iran War), then
yes.

The usual air battles were involving between ine and four Iranians and
between 12 and 50 Iraqis: the "record" was a battle between seven Iranians
and 75 Iraqis, fought in June 1988.

In the sence of a "fracas" you ask about, involving also helicopters, I
guess the air battle over the northern TO, on 21 November 1982 would be a
good example: two F-14As vs four MiG-21s and four MiG-23s escorting a
section of four Mi-8s and Mi-25s carrying two generals into front
inspection. Two MiG-23s and a single MiG-21 were splashed (two by AIM-54s,
one by AIM-7s) in exchange for no loss to Iranians. You can find the
details
in the article "Fire in the Hills", published in the volume 104 of the
AirEnthusiast magazine.

That's very interesting to me, as it would be AFAIK the only instance of the
Phoenix being used successfully in combat. Any on-line refs for that?

John