MiG-25PDS Foxbat-E Diecast Model, IQAF 84th Sqn, Hornet Killer, Zuhair Dawood
HM-HA5602Product Details
Hobby Master 1:72 Air Power Series HA5602 |
| 1:72 Scale | Length | Width | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25PDS Foxbat-E | 13" | 7.75" |
The first American casualty of Operation Desert Storm came on the night of January 17, 1991. LCDR Scott "Spike" Speicher was piloting an F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 "Sunliners" when his aircraft crashed. According to a fellow pilot on the same mission the F/A-18C was at 28,000 feet and hit by an R-40 missile fired from an Iraqi MiG-25PDS believed to be flown by Lt. Zuhair Dawood of the IrAF 84th Squadron. LCDR Speicher was listed as MIA but later changed to KIA.