This is too good not to post. Don Surber of the Charleston Daily Mail passed along this conversation from an e-mail correspondent—it was apparently overheard on one of the air-traffic frequencies by a guy flying into Dubai:
Iranian Air Defense Radar: “Unknown aircraft, you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.”
Pilot: “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!”
Pilot: “This is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter. Send ’em up, I’ll wait!”
Air Defense Radar: (no response . . . total silence)
Cost of an F18 Fighter 32 million dollars
Cost of training a USAF pilot in excess of 1 million dollars
Able to tell Iranian air defense you’ll wait.
PRICELESS…
Alan
🙂 Nice.
(Except of course for the fact that that was a Marine. 🙂 )