View source for List of Gulf War pilots by victories

{{Short description|none}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
The following is a '''list of air force pilots of the [[Gulf War]] by number of aerial victories.'''
==List of air-air victories==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:left"
! Name !! Country !! Service !! Aircraft Flown !! Victories !! Notes
|-
| Capt. Thomas Dietz<ref name="book vdDgW8HHy7EC p107">{{cite book|last1=Skaarup|first1=Howard|title=Hawaii Warbird Survivors 2002: A Handbook on Where to Find Them|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdDgW8HHy7EC&q=Thomas+Dietz+usaf+3+kills&pg=PT107|publisher=Writers Club Press|accessdate=28 November 2016|isbn=9780595203796|date=October 2001}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 3
| {{center|—}}
|-
| 1st Lt. Robert Hehemann<ref name="book vdDgW8HHy7EC p107"/>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 3
| If scored two more kills in [[Samurra Air Battle|another air battle]] it would have made him the war's only "ace".  According to the IQAF he was shot down by Capt. as-Sammarai, while the USAF maintain that his aircraft was only damaged.<ref name="Cooper1" /><ref name="IraqiDoc" />
|-
| Capt. [[Cesar Rodriguez (United States Air Force pilot)|Cesar Rodriguez]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bowden|first1=Mark|title=The Last Ace|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/03/the-last-ace/307291/|website=The Atlantic|date=March 2009|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 2
| Rodriguez would go on to score another air-air kill in 1999 [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|over Yugoslavia]].
|-
| Capt. Rhory Draeger <ref name="ACIG">{{cite web|last1=Cooper|first1=Tom|title=US Air-to-Air Victories during the Operation Desert Storm|url=http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&|website=Air Combat Information Group|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
|2
| {{center|—}}
|-
| Capt. Robert Graeter <ref name="History">{{cite web|title=Dogfights of Desert Storm|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU7Rw0lbycI|website=Youtube|publisher=History|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="ACIG" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 2
| His second credit was maneuvered into the ground by an unarmed American [[EF-111]]. Graeter received credit for the kill as he was giving chase to the Iraqi fighter jet at the time.
|-
| Capt. Jay Denney<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces">{{cite web|title=Aces of Desert Storm|url=http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories/usa-gulf.html|website=Safarikovi}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 2
| {{center|—}}
|-
| Capt. Anthony Murphy<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces"/>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 2
| {{center|—}}
|-
| Capt. Benjamin Powell<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces"/>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 2
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. Iyad Al-Shamrani<ref>{{cite book|last1=Francona|first1=Rick|title=Ally to Adversary|date=1999|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=9781557502810 |page=106|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmEY573lgXkC&q=Captain+Iyad+Al-Shamrani&pg=PA106}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Saudi Arabia]]
| [[Royal Saudi Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 2
| Shot down two Iraqi Mirage F1s who were attempting to bomb a Saudi oil refinery. Was the first coalition pilot to shoot down multiple aircraft.
|-
|  Zuhair Dawood<ref>{{cite book|last1=Yarsinske|first1=Amy|title=An American in the Basement|date=2013|publisher=Trine Day LLC|location=Walterville, OR|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfsBBAAAQBAJ&q=zuhair+dawood&pg=PT48|isbn=9781937584214}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraqi Republic]]
| [[Iraqi Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[MiG-25]]
| 1
| Credited with downing Commander [[Michael Speicher]], in the US's first combat loss of the war.
|-
|  Nafie Al-Jubouri<ref name="SafetyNet">{{cite web|title=ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153060|url=ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153060|website=Aviation Safety Net|accessdate=30 November 2016}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraqi Republic]]
| [[Iraqi Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[Dassault Mirage F1]]
| 1
| Credited with an aerial maneuvering kill of an [[EF-111]] that crashed into the ground while attempting to evade a missile fired by Al-Jubouri.<ref name="SafetyNet" /><ref name="AFBase">{{cite book|last1=Mailes|first1=Yancy|title=Mountain Home Air Force Base|date=2007|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Chicago|isbn=9780738548050|page=112|ref=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQfnpY5aCWEC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=CAPT+Douglas+L.+Bradt&source=bl&ots=0EfRanJkDZ&sig=6120vZ3KjR5Dhl_sSf8lBJmul1w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq7trW8s7QAhXkxYMKHZjGD7QQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=CAPT%20Douglas%20Bradt&f=false}}</ref>
|-
|Capt. Mohammed Jassim as-Sammarai<ref name="IraqiDoc">{{cite web|title=A 1991 Dossier on the Role of the Iraqi Air Force in the Gulf War|url=https://conflictrecords.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/sh-aadf-d-000-396_tf.pdf|publisher=Iraqi Air Force|accessdate=29 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Cooper">{{cite book|last1=Cooper|first1=Tom|title=F-15C Eagle vs. MiG-23/25, Iraq 1991|date=2016|publisher=Osprey Publishing|location=Oxford, UK|isbn=9781472812704}}</ref><ref name="Cooper1">{{cite web|last1=Cooper|first1=Tom|title=Exhumating the Dead Iraqi Air Force|url=http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=1|website=ACIG|publisher=Air Combat Information Group|accessdate=30 November 2016}}</ref><br />
|{{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraqi Republic]]
|[[Iraqi Air Force|Air Force]]
|[[MiG-25]]
|1
|Credited with shooting down an F-15C after a Bedouin smuggler discovered wreckage of an F-15 just inside Saudi Arabia, very close to where Iraqi radars had lost track of a falling F-15 during Operation Samurra. USAF claim only the left wing was damaged by the missile.
|-
|  [[Jameel Sayhood]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cooper|first1=Tom|title=F-15C Eagle vs MiG-23/25: Iraq 1991|date=2016|publisher=Osprey Publishing|page=51|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rgyuCwAAQBAJ&dq=jameel+sayhood&pg=PA51|accessdate=28 November 2016|isbn=9781472812711}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraqi Republic]]
| [[Iraqi Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[MiG-29]]
| 1
| Was shot down by Cesar Rodriguez in [[Air engagements of the Gulf War#USAF F-15Cs vs. IRAF MiG-29s|a dogfight]] later.
|-
|  Capt. Richard Bennett / Capt. Dan Bakke <ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" /><ref name="Aviationist">{{cite web|last1=Leone|first1=Darion|title=Gulf War 25th Anniversary: how a U.S. F-15E shot down an Iraqi Mi-24 gunship with a GBU-10 bomb 25 years ago today|url=https://theaviationist.com/2016/02/14/f-15e-shot-down-iraqi-mi-24/|website=The Aviationist|date=14 February 2016|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle|F-15E]]
| 1
| Captain Daniel Bakke was the [[Weapon systems officer|Weapon Systems Officer]] and Captain Richard Bennett was the pilot for the [[Air engagements of the Gulf War#USAF F-15E vs. IRAF Hughes 500|kill]]. It is the only known instance in history of one aircraft purposefully bombing another aircraft in mid-air.
|
|-
|  Capt. John Donesky<ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. [[Jon K. Kelk|Jon Kelk]]<ref name="book vdDgW8HHy7EC p107"/>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| Kelk was the first to claim an air-to-air kill of the war by shooting down an Iraqi MiG-29. He is also the first pilot to claim a victory in an American F-15 Eagle.
|
|-
|  1st Lt. David Sveden<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" /><ref name="book vdDgW8HHy7EC p107"/><ref name="rjlee.org">{{cite web|title=Coalition Air-to-Air Victories in Desert Storm|url=http://www.rjlee.org/air/ds-aakill/|website=www.rjlee.org|publisher=History|accessdate=9 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="Gulf War Airpower Survey, Volume 5">{{cite web|title=Gulf War Airpower Survey, Volume 5; Norman Friedman, Desert Victory; Robert Wilcox, Wings of Fury; World Air Power Journal|url=http://128.121.102.226:80/aakill.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604224140/http://128.121.102.226:80/aakill.html/|archive-date=4 June 2009|url-status=dead|publisher=History|accessdate=9 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="Mig Killers">{{cite web|title=Mig Killers|url=https://skytrailer.nl/mig-killers/|website=skytrailer.nl/mig-killers |publisher=History|accessdate=9 January 2023}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|
|-
|-
|  Maj. Randy May<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" /><ref name="book vdDgW8HHy7EC p107"/><ref name="rjlee.org"/><ref name="Gulf War Airpower Survey, Volume 5"/><ref name="Mig Killers"/>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|
|-
|  Capt. Greg Masters<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. Charles Magill<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Steve|first1=Davies|title=F-15C Eagle Units in Combat|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1841767307|page=43}}</ref>
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  LT. Donald Broce / CDR Ron McElraft<ref name="Ranger">{{cite web|title=USS Ranger|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=66|website=America's Navy|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Navy|Navy]]
| [[F-14]]A
| 1
| Commander Ron McElcraft was the [[Radar Intercept Officer]] and LT. Stuart Broce was the pilot credited with the kill.
|-
|  LCDR [[Mark I. Fox|Mark Fox]]<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Navy|Navy]]
| [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|
|-
|  LT Nicholas Mongillo<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Navy|Navy]]
| [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Col. Rick Parsons<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. Lawrence Pitts<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. David Prather<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. David Rose<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. Anthony Schiavi<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. Tod Sheehy<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[A-10]]A
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. Robert Swain<ref name=LAT1>{{cite news|last1=Frantz|first1=Douglas|title=Pilot Chalks Up First 'Warthog' Air Kill|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-08-mn-937-story.html|access-date=28 November 2016|agency=LA Times|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[A-10]]
| 1
| Captain Robert Swain attained [[Air engagements of the Gulf War#USAF A-10A vs. IRAF Mi-8|his aerial victory]] in an [[A-10 Warthog]], a close air support aircraft that was not designed for aerial combat. It was the first of two air-air victories of that aircraft type.<ref name=LAT1 />
|-
|  Capt. Steven Tate<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. Richard Tollini<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. Craig Underhill<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. Donald Watrous<ref name="ACIG" /><ref name="Aces" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 1
| {{center|—}}
|-
|  Capt. Stephen Dingee<ref name="RJLEE" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 0.5
| Captain Stephen Dingee and Captain Mark McKenzie shared a kill of a Mi-8 helicopter.<ref name="RJLEE">{{cite web|title=Coalition Air Air Victories in Desert Storm|url=http://www.rjlee.org/air/ds-aakill/|website=Estimative Error Probably|publisher=RJLee|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref>
|-
|  Capt. Mark McKenzie<ref name="RJLEE" />
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[F-15]]C
| 0.5
| Captain Stephen Dingee and Captain Mark McKenzie shared a kill of a Mi-8 helicopter.<ref name="RJLEE"/>
|-
|}
==Claims==
{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 9pt; text-align:left"                              Robin olds
! Name !! Country !! Service !! Aircraft Flown !! Victories !! Notes
|-
| James Denton<ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Weird Shootdowns|url=https://warisboring.com/a-brief-history-of-weird-shoot-downs-7a5bd5019563#.vd3lhem6m|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20161221134944/https://warisboring.com/a-brief-history-of-weird-shoot-downs-7a5bd5019563#.vd3lhem6m|url-status=dead|website=War is Boring|accessdate=28 November 2016|archive-date=2016-12-21}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States]]
| [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
| [[EF-111]]
| 1
| Captain James Denton was the pilot of an unarmed [[General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven|EF-111]] when he came under attack from an Iraqi [[Dassault Mirage F1|Mirage F1]] fighter. After evading several missiles fired at them, Denton managed to goad the Iraqi pilot into low altitude maneuvering whereupon the Iraqi fighter crashed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dogfights of Desert Storm|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS60TCGzFnQ|website=Youtube| date=12 January 2015 |publisher=History|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref> Denton and his [[electronic warfare officer]] [[Brent Brandon|Captain Brent Brandon]] were both awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] for their achievement.<ref>{{cite web|title=The EF-111 Raven Managed to Take Down an Iraqi Mirage… Without Ever Firing a Shot|url=https://tacairnet.com/2013/09/10/unarmed-kill/|website=Tactical Air Network|date=10 September 2013|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref> The Smithsonian Channel in 2021-22 researched the EF-111 / F-1 low-altitude engagement and subsequently produced and aired in May 2022 the EF-111 Raven's encounter with the Mirage F-1EQ.<ref>Smithsonian Channel "Air Warriors" S10 E3</ref>
|-
|}
==See also==
* [[Air engagements of the Gulf War]]
==Sources==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Gulf War]]
[[Category:Lists of aviators|Gulf War]]
[[Category:Air-to-air combat operations and battles]]