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Military Aviation => Air Power => Topic started by: AVIATOR on September 07, 2009, 04:49:59 AM

Title: In Iranian airspace
Post by: AVIATOR on September 07, 2009, 04:49:59 AM
In addition to communicating with the local Air Traffic Control facility, all aircraft in the Persian Gulf AOR are required to give the Iranian Air Defense Radar (military) a ten minute 'heads up' if they will be transiting Iranian airspace.

This is a common procedure for commercial aircraft and involves giving them your call sign, transponder code, type aircraft, and points of origin and destination.

I just flew with a guy who overheard this conversation on the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai .


The conversation went like this...

Iranian Air Defense Radar: 'Unknown aircraft you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.'

Aircraft: 'This is a United States aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.'

Air Defense Radar: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft!'

Aircraft: 'This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!'

Air Defense Radar: (no response ... total silence)

God bless our troops.

(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn101/Pictures77_2008/Airspace.jpg)






 
 

 

Title: Re: In Iranian airspace
Post by: F-111 C/C on September 07, 2009, 06:38:58 AM
hooo rahh!!!