Action of June 5, 1984
Airspace incident
| Action of June 5, 1984 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Iran–Iraq War, Tanker War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Saudi Arabia |  Iran | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 13 F-15 Eagles | 13 F-4 Phantoms | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | 2 F-4 Phantoms lost 2 pilots killed | ||||||
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Pre-war incidents
- 1975 Algiers Agreement
- Iranian Revolution
- 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
- 1979 Khuzestan insurgency
- Iranian Embassy siege
Iraqi invasion of Iran (1980)
- Iraqi airstrike
- Revenge
- Kaman 99
- 1st Khorramshahr
- Scorch Sword
- Dezful
- Sultan 10
- Abadan
- Morvarid
Stalemate (1981)
- Nasr
- H-3
- Opera
Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1981–82)
- Samen-ol-A'emeh
- Tariq-ol-Qods
- Fath-ol-Mobin
- Beit-ol-Moqaddas (2nd Khorramshahr)
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1982–84)
- Ramadan (1st Basra)
- Moslem Ibn Aqil
- Muharram ol-Harram
- Before the Dawn
- Dawn 1
- Dawn 2
- Dawn 3
- Dawn 4
- Dawn 5 (2nd Basra)
- Kheibar (3rd Basra)
- Kurdish rebellion (1983)
- Dawn 6
- Dawn 7
- Marshes
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1985–87)
- Badr (4th Basra)
- Dawn 8 (1st al-Faw)
- Dawn 9
- Karbala 1 (Mehran)
- Karbala 2
- Karbala 3
- Fath 1
- Karbala 4 (5th Basra)
- Karbala 5 (6th Basra)
- Karbala 6
- Karbala 7
- Karbala 8 (7th Basra)
- Karbala 9
- Karbala 10
- Nasr 4
Final stages (1988)
- Beit-ol-Moqaddas 2
- Anfal campaign
- Beit-ol-Moqaddas 3
- Dawn 10
- Halabja massacre
- Beit-ol-Moqaddas 4
- Zafar 7
- Tawakalna ala Allah (2nd al-Faw)
- Forty Stars
- Eternal Light
- Mersad
- June 5 1984 Skirmish
- Earnest Will
- Bridgeton incident
- Prime Chance
- Eager Glacier
- Nimble Archer
- Praying Mantis
International incidents
- 1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut
- USS Stark incident
- Iran Air Flight 655
On June 5, 1984, an air battle took place near Arabi Island in the Persian Gulf. Two Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantoms from Bushehr Air Base, had intruded into Saudi airspace, setting up for an attack on oil tankers. The planes were tracked by a United States Air Force E-3 Sentry AEW&C aircraft, which directed two patrolling Saudi F-15 Eagles armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles to intercept the Iranians.[1]
The Saudis shot down one Iranian Phantom, killing 1st Lts Homayoun Hekmati & weapon systems officer Seyed Sirous Karimi. The second Iranian F-4 was damaged, and made an emergency landing at Kish Airport. The aircraft could not be repaired and was written off. This caused the Iranians to scramble 11 additional F-4s from Bushehr.
In response, the Royal Saudi Air Force scrambled 11 additional F-15s. Seeing this, the Iranians backed down, and the Saudis returned to base.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Saudi F15 Fighters Down 2 Iranian Jets Over Persian Gulf". The Washington Post.
- ^ Smith, William E."Pushing the Saudis too far". Time, 18 June 1984. Retrieved: 26 January 2008.
- ^ Halloran, Richard. "2 Iranian fighters reported downed by Saudi Air Force". The New York Times, 6 June 1984, p. 1. Retrieved: 26 January 2008.
