While some may have felt the film's plot was cheesy, the air combat scenes were quite realistic. <ref>The Israel Air Force puts in an unaccredited cameo role in the ''Iron Eagle'' series. All the aerial work was shot in Israel using IAF pilots and IAF F-16, [[IAI Kfir|Kfir]] and [[F-4 Phantom]] jets. The [[F-16]]s, of course, were painted in [[United States Air Force|USAF]] colors and the Kfirs and Phantoms were supposed to be the evil enemy MiGs. ... the flying is sublime. [http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/review/dvd3.htm] </ref> | While some may have felt the film's plot was cheesy, the air combat scenes were quite realistic. <ref>The Israel Air Force puts in an unaccredited cameo role in the ''Iron Eagle'' series. All the aerial work was shot in Israel using IAF pilots and IAF F-16, [[IAI Kfir|Kfir]] and [[F-4 Phantom]] jets. The [[F-16]]s, of course, were painted in [[United States Air Force|USAF]] colors and the Kfirs and Phantoms were supposed to be the evil enemy MiGs. ... the flying is sublime. [http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/review/dvd3.htm] </ref> |