Talk:EF-111A Raven

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[edit] F-1 claim

The claim that an EF-111 killed a Mirage is questionable. The footnoted source doesn't support this claim. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.90.188.6 (talk • contribs) .

Footnoted source says what this article says. "In Desert Storm an EF-111 was credited with one of the first kills of the conflict as a maneuvering Raven caused a pursuing Iraqi Mirage to crash into the ground."[1] F-111.net says s/n 66-0016 was "Credited for a Iraqi Mirage F1 kill on 17 January 1991, after flying at an altitude caused the chasing Mirage to impact the ground."[2]. There are several more, what is the problem with this? Dual Freq 00:54, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I've seen at least two different sources that say that, while that EF-111 was almost certainly responsible for the crash of the F1, it was not officially credited as a kill for the aircrew, although it was acknowledged as an "unofficial" kill. ArgentLA 00:30, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

However, in both Citations for the Distinguished Flying Crosses for Captains Denton and Brandon (signed by LT GEN Charles Horner - CENTAF CC) "a low altitude air battle followed during which Capts Denton and Brandon eluded a missile attack, followed by the destruction of am attacking F-1 as as it impacted the ground."

In the OFFICIAL retirement remarks by Air Force Vice Chief of Staff LT GEN David L. Vesely recited the OFFICIAL history of the aircraft, pointing out the "downing of an Iraqi F-1 on the first wave attack by Capts Denton and Brandon." Source: Welcome to the Raven Farewell, 2 May 1998 - Cannon AFB, NM Official retirement orders of EF-111 66-016.

...and that is why they selected that airframe to represent the EF-111 on static display.

[edit] EF-111 vs EF-111A

There was never an EF-111, only the EF-111A. They were all F-111A conversions. --Dual Freq 23:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)