"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
...
Tom Cooper writes:

But, the GBU-10s were used - between others, also on Iranian F-4Ds, in
conjunction with the AVQ-9 Zot Box, and especially during the first weeks
of
the war against Iraq, in September/October 1980...

We sold the Shah lots of F-4Ds, and lots of IR avionics to go with it. I
sure
as hell wouldn't want them to know *anything* about current weapon
systems, not
that a 25 year old F-4D which hasn't been maintained properly is a threat.
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

Dave,
don't know if you want to know, but they bought only 32 F-4Ds (and 177
F-4Es) - and these were supplied without any IRST-systems (their Phantoms
had no housings under the chin).

Their F-4Ds were delivered between 1968 and 1970 so are now actually between
34 and 35 years old. Some 15 have survived the war with Iraq, and remain
very much in service. In fact, instead of GBU-10s they are now armed with
indigenious Iranian Sattar-1/2/3 laser-guided missiles (a mix of (US) GBU-10
and (French) AS.30L technology), the Noor (an Iranian version of the
160km-range C.802K-2 anti-ship missile, directly comparable in capabilities
to the Harpoon), and R-73/AA-11 Archer air-to-air missiles (the last in
addition to the usual Sparrows)...

Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585