Too Good Not to Pass On

[jmig]

This was sent to me by and old USAF buddy who got it from an ILL ANG pilot. I don't know if it really happened. But... http://sc.webmessenger.msn.com/10.1.0323.0/session/images/emoticons/smile_regular.gif

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In addition to communicating with the local Air Traffic Control facility,
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.

I just flew with a guy who overheard this conversation on the VHF
Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to
Dubai. It's too good not to pass along.

The conversation went something like this...

"Iranian Air Defense Radar: 'Unknown aircraft 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)

[Railrunner130]

Yea. That's a classic. There's one version where the F-18 pilot was female and the controller was not silent. Iranian controllers don't take kindly to airspace violations.