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===United States===

===United States===

The F-15 first saw combat with the [[USAF|US Air Force]] in the [[Gulf War]].  On the first night of Desert Storm, January 17, 1991, Eagle pilot Captain John Kelk shot down a Mig-29 with a Sparrow missile for the first air-to-air victory of the war.  Eagles downed five more Iraqi planes that night (two more Mig-29s and three Mirages), all with Sparrow missiles.  2 days later, Eagles scored a further six victories.  By the end of the war, US Air Force Eagles had shot down 31 Iraqi aircraft, 26 of them fighters, for no losses.<ref>F-15C Eagle Units in Combat, by Steve Davies, Osprey Publishing, 2005</ref>  After the war, F-15s enforced the no-fly zones over northern and southern Iraq.

The F-15's combat debut with the [[USAF|US Air Force]] was in the [[Gulf War]].  On the first night of Desert Storm, January 17, 1991, Eagle pilot Captain John Kelk shot down a Mig-29 with a Sparrow missile for the first air-to-air victory of the war.  Eagles downed five more Iraqi planes that night (two more Mig-29s and three Mirages), all with Sparrow missiles.  2 days later, Eagles scored a further six victories.  By the end of the war, US Air Force Eagles had shot down 31 Iraqi aircraft, 26 of them fighters, for no losses.<ref>F-15C Eagle Units in Combat, by Steve Davies, Osprey Publishing, 2005</ref>  After the war, F-15s enforced the no-fly zones over northern and southern Iraq.

== See also==

== See also==