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We Scared Away 12 Enemy Planes
(By Pilot Colonel Mohammad Nematti)
Towards the end of 1363 (1984) we were assigned a mission. I was in Mr. Yasini's rear cockpit and I was responsible for providing him with information, the direction, altitude and position of the enemy's invading planes. On this mission we were patrolling the area and were ready to either scare away or confront the enemy's planes.
We had left Hamedan Base and were flying at 400 knots1 per hour on the south west axis when the ground radar announced, "From radar to patrol one! From radar to patrol one" "I am listening"
"Patrol number one! 12 enemy planes are heading towards Kermanshah. Their target is probably the city and the refinery."
"Radar! Give us their direction, altitude, and speed and we will go towards them." "You'd better return! They are 12 and you cannot do much." "Just give us their exact location!"
He had not finished with the radar yet when I said, "Major! We are flying singly and cannot do a thing. It is not in the air combat for a single plane to fight 12?" He replied, "They don't know
We are just one. This is what we know. If they see that we are going towards them perhaps we can scare them away."
We changed our direction towards the direction the radar had announced, "Four of the planes 50 miles from you are approaching the city." We were progressing and the radar momentarily gave us the location of the enemy's planes. When Maj, Yasini said, "Do not lock on them because if we shoot one, there is the possibility for us to get shot by others." Besides the other planes can easily shoot their targets which would be worse than shooting a plane" I uttered my obedience.
As we were advancing towards the enemy's planes we kept in contact with the radar momentarily and asked about their new location.
The radar announced, "They changed route and are heading towards their own land." As our plane was thundering over the villages and planes, Maj Yasini said, "I told you the Iraqi planes would escape. Of course this goes back to the will of God who causes the activities of man. We must only trust in God." "Major! You are right." I consented. "In this war we have nothing to do with mathematics. It is by no means logical for a single plane to scare away 12 enemy planes."
1. something about 720 km per hour
Towards the end of 1363 (1984) we were assigned a mission. I was in Mr. Yasini's rear cockpit and I was responsible for providing him with information, the direction, altitude and position of the enemy's invading planes. On this mission we were patrolling the area and were ready to either scare away or confront the enemy's planes.
We had left Hamedan Base and were flying at 400 knots1 per hour on the south west axis when the ground radar announced, "From radar to patrol one! From radar to patrol one" "I am listening"
"Patrol number one! 12 enemy planes are heading towards Kermanshah. Their target is probably the city and the refinery."
"Radar! Give us their direction, altitude, and speed and we will go towards them." "You'd better return! They are 12 and you cannot do much." "Just give us their exact location!"
He had not finished with the radar yet when I said, "Major! We are flying singly and cannot do a thing. It is not in the air combat for a single plane to fight 12?" He replied, "They don't know
We are just one. This is what we know. If they see that we are going towards them perhaps we can scare them away."
We changed our direction towards the direction the radar had announced, "Four of the planes 50 miles from you are approaching the city." We were progressing and the radar momentarily gave us the location of the enemy's planes. When Maj, Yasini said, "Do not lock on them because if we shoot one, there is the possibility for us to get shot by others." Besides the other planes can easily shoot their targets which would be worse than shooting a plane" I uttered my obedience.
As we were advancing towards the enemy's planes we kept in contact with the radar momentarily and asked about their new location.
The radar announced, "They changed route and are heading towards their own land." As our plane was thundering over the villages and planes, Maj Yasini said, "I told you the Iraqi planes would escape. Of course this goes back to the will of God who causes the activities of man. We must only trust in God." "Major! You are right." I consented. "In this war we have nothing to do with mathematics. It is by no means logical for a single plane to scare away 12 enemy planes."
1. something about 720 km per hour
