[QUOTE="Odin, post: 232412, memberAnyways, ]air to air combat statistics since first gulf war
Persian Gulf War (1990–1991)
United States Navy 1 (US claim); 11 (Iraqi claim)
[12][13]
Royal Air force 1
[82]
Italian Air Force 1
[83]
Royal Saudi Air Force 1
[84]
Iraqi Air Force 23 (Iraqi claim); 44 (Coalition claim)
[12][13]
Iraqi no-fly zones enforcement
US Aircraft 3
[A 16] [85]
Iraqi Air Force 5
Croatian War of Independence (1991–1995)
Italian Army 1
[A 17] [86]
1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts
Bolivarianos 3
[87]
Operation Deny Flight
Republika Srpska Air Force 5
[88]
Cenepa War (1995)
Peruvian Air Force 1 (confirmed), 2 (Ecuadorian claim)
[89]
Aegean dispute (1996)
Turkish Air Force 1
[90]
Eritrean–Ethiopian War (1998–2000)
Eritrean Air Force 2–6
[91]
Ethiopian Air Force Up to 7
[92][93]
Operation Allied Force
Yugoslav Air Force 5 + 1 heavily damaged, later destroyed on the ground
[94]
NATO Air Force 1 + 1
Tomahawk [95][96]
Atlantique incident
Pakistan Navy 1
[97]
2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff
Indian Air Force 1
[A 18] [98][99]
Iran–Israel proxy conflict Hezbollah UAVs 2
[100][101]
2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns
Georgian Air Force 1
[102][103]
Iraq War (2003–2011)
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force 1
[A 19] [104]
War in Afghanistan
United States Air Force 1
[A 20] [105]
Syrian Civil War
Syrian Air Force 4
[106][107][108][109][110]
Russian Air Force 1
[111]
"Pro-Syria regime" forces 2
[A 21] [112][113]
War in Donbass
Ukrainian Air Force 1 (Ukrainian claim)
[114]
2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
Peace at Home Council 2
[115]
Balochistan Conflict
Iran 1
[116]
points to consider... the afhgan statistic
According to U.S sources, in September 2009 a USAF fighter intercepted and shot down an out of control armed MQ-9 Reaper UAV, near Afghan border.
that is an unmaned craft not a dog fight with top stealth fighters.
in the iraq no fly zone catagory...
The
1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident, sometimes referred to as the
Black Hawk Incident, was a
friendly fire incident over northern
Iraq that occurred on April 14, 1994 during
Operation Provide Comfort. The pilots of two
United States Air Force (USAF)
F-15 fighter aircraft, operating under the control of a USAF
airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, misidentified two
United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as Iraqi
Mil Mi-24 "Hind" helicopters. The F-15 pilots fired on and destroyed both helicopters, killing all 26 military service members and civilians from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Turkey, and the
Kurdish community. The third loss was a UAV Predator shot down by a Mig-25 in December 2002.
point being... I'm still searching for the last time an AIR to AIR combat mission of combat fighter aircraft... not copters or uavs... resulted in a US craft being shot down by an enemy state... vaguely I think i recall a f117 nighthawk taken down in bosnia? and that was first gen stealth...
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They just shot down a Syrian jet. Anyways, we have had a really hard time in Afghan cause you don't know who the enemy is. They shot and run pretty much gorilla warfare