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Four Saudi jet fighters were flying patrol near the Kuwaiti frontier last week when their radios crackled an alert. Peeling off, they intercepted a pair of Iraqi fighters heading toward gulf waters where British warships were operating. Captain Ayedh al-Shamrani swerved his U.S.-built F-15 behind the Mirage F-1s and shot both out of the sky. Returning to base in Dhahran, the Saudi pilot received a hero's welcome. Said the modest Shamrani...
Holding together, yes, but how useful militarily? Captain Shamrani's double kill of the Iraqi jets earned at least a symbolic success for Saudi Arabia's military image. Britain's Royal Air Force squadrons scored something more, taking on extremely hazardous missions that in just over one week of war cost them eight crewmen and six of their 36 gulf-deployed Tornado fighter-bombers. French flyers, having arrived to a frosty welcome, soon won respect, and Kuwaiti pilots pulled their weight as well, putting invaluable knowledge of their country to use in bombing military targets there...
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