How Iran’s 60-Year-Old F-5 'Tiger' Aircraft Exposed U.S. Defenses Over Kuwait

Before the start of Operation Epic Fury, many defense analysts had dismissed the US-Iran war as a David-and-Goliath conflict. Especially, the Iranian Air Force was dismissed as no match for the technologically superior US Air Force (USAF). After all, Iran’s outdated Air Force, largely composed of 1970s US combat aircraft such as the F-4 Phantom, […] Before the start of Operation Epic Fury, many defense analysts had dismissed the US-Iran war as a David-and-Goliath conflict. Especially, the Iranian Air Force was dismissed as no match for the technologically superior US Air Force (USAF). After all,... [7882 chars]