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Saudijsko vazduhoplovstvo je naletelo najvise od svih koalicionih RV, ukupno 6 % svih avio poletanja. Njihov F-15 ima duplo obaranje, 2 iracka Mirage F1. Izgubili su dva Tornada, od cega je jedan sigurno oboren, i takodje jedan F-5. Negde se spominje jedan F-15 a ne F-5.
Citat:The RSAF flew 6,852 sorties, about 6 percent of all sorties flown during DesertStorm, ranking second to the USAF. These included 1,656 offensive sorties, including 1,133 interdiction missions and 523 battlefield air interdictions, and 2,281 defensivesorties, including 2,050 defensive counter-air missions, 129 offensive counter-air missions, and 102 escort missions. In addition, it flew 118 reconnaissance sorties, 85AWACS sorties, 485 refueling sorties and 1829 airlift sorties.
Starting a day before Desert Storm, RSAF F-15Cs flew 2,088 sorties (over one-third the number flown by USAF F-15Cs, and 451 Tornado ADV sorties). RSAF pilots maintained the same level of proficiency in these air defense sorties as NATO pilots. The Saudis also flew 665 Tornado GR.1/IDS strike sorties, 1,129 F-5 sorties and 118 RF-5sorties. Saudi F-15s shot down two Iraqi Mirage F-1s with air-to-air missiles, including the only double kill in the war, on 24 January
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