In article <1993Feb6.050811.64989@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> sh09@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (STEVEN HIGGINS) writes:
>
>    F14 better huh????  Yeah, they got SO many Mig kills during the
>    gulf war it was just amazing........
>
 
Yeah, as the matter of fact, A10 is twice as capable in air superiority role
as Tomcat, since they scored two helos against only one downed by F-14....:)

Seriously speaking: read the book titled "Gulf Air War - Debrief" to find out
why Tomcats didn't score any Migs. Or vice versa, why F-15s got almost all 
kills, despite the fact that there were many potential interceptors/air
superiority fighters in the coalition arsenal. Not only Tomcats, but also
Tornado F3s and Mirage 2000s were left without any fixed-wing kills.

I must really recommend this "G.A.W -Debrief"-book for you, and anybody else
interested in the aerial campaign during the Desert Storm. It's by far the best
book I've seen about this subject. The illustration is superb, there are
complete lists of kills and losses the whole war is discussed day by day and
- best of all - there is a whole *LOT* of interesting stories and interviews
told by the pilots themselves, f.ex the crew of the bagged F-14A+ (F-14B now!)
describes in quite a detail how they got hit and how they survived in the
Iraqi desert... very interesting indeed! 


Tero Lehtonen, l115130@cc.tut.fi