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Mission: Strike on oil refinery in Haft Gel Oil Fields Aircraft: 1 x F-22A (Strike) + 2 x F-22A (Escort) Flight departed King Abdulaziz AB at 0743 heading to Haft Gel Oil Fields. Circa 12nm from target two enemy flights were noticed on radar. Escort aircraft were ordered to engage air while the leader continued towards the target and dropped a GBU-32 JDAM. target was hit and destroyed. Then one of the enemy flights (4 x J-10A) approached our flight and a close combat begun. Three J-10s were shot down. One of our raptors crashed due to an engine failure and the second one was shot down by a J-10. Some time later two enemy F-14As approached and attacked the leader of formation. One of the Tomcats was shot down with M61A1 cannon. The second one and the last J-10 broke out from the combat and escaped. No SAMs were fired. The leader's aircraft returned to base succesfully. 2Lt Kirk was saved after 0200 hrs by a CSAR chopper. We still don't know what happened to 2Lt Griffin so he is listed as MIA. http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21734-strikefighters2-israel-2011-11-20-16-05-13-37/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21735-img00002/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21736-img00004/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21737-img00007/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21738-img00009/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21739-img00011/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21740-img00013/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21741-img00016/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21742-img00017/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21743-img00018/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21744-img00019/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21757-img00023/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21758-img00024/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21759-img00025/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21760-img00026/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21761-img00027/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21762-img00028/ http://combatace.com/gallery/image/21763-img00029/