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Iranian Air Defence
Common Procedure (toegevoegd: 07/12/2008 17:06)

In addition to communicating with the local Air Traffic Control, 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

Overheard conversation on the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai.

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The conversation went something like this...

Air Defense Radar: "Unknown aircraft at (location), 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)
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Post by campbeme »

Thanks Kev,

Started my Saturday off with a smile after reading that. Shame their F14's are broken would of been kinda cool to read about old meets new..

Cheers for the read Kev.

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Post by Javier Tapia »

:lol: jajaja nice!

So.. was he in Iran or Iraq? guess it doesn't matter :wink:
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