TO: JFC SHAPE
FROM: JG 73 ALI AL SALEM
15.45 HRS
AFTER REPORTS FROM INTEL,DUE TO MAJOR TRAFFIC AT TALIL AB .FLIGHT CONSISTING OF 2X A\C WERE SCRAMBLED FORM ALI AL SALEM AB ON RECON MISSION.FLIGHT PASSED WITHIN 3NM OF TALIL AB AND ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN ABORTED,HOWEVER 2X IIAF MIG29`S WERE PICKED UP 25NM S OF BASRA AND MERGED ON OUR A\C OVER THE SEA,DUE N OF KUWAIT CITY.THEY SPLIT AND ACTIVLY SCANNED OUR A\C.2XAIMS WERE LAUNCHED AT OUR NO2 A\C WHICH WAS DAMAGED,PILOT HAD TO EJECT BUT HAS BEEN RECOVERED BY RAF SAR.OUR REMAINING A\C THEN TOOK DEFENSIVE MEASURES AND "WARNED" THE ENEMY BY LOCKING THEM UP ON TWO OCCAISIONS.THEENEMY A\C CONTINUED TO BE AGGRESSIVE,CONSEQUENTLY,OUR A\C WAS GIVEN ORDERS TO RETALIATE.ONE ENEMY A\C WAS SPLASHED AT 15.05 HRS,SECOND A\C BUGGED OUT LOW AND FAST N\W.OUR A\C RETURNED SAFELY AT 15.35 HRS.