Today in History – January 29, 1991 – Eagle shoots down Iraqi MiG-23’s

29 January 1991 – An American F-15C shot down an IRAF MiG-23 fleeing to Iran with an AIM-7 missile. “During the Air War over Iraq, the mighty Eagle proved to be a very robust airframe, bringing back its pilots after suffering serious damages. After the first ten days of the first Gulf Air War, to

Crain, Jimmie G.

Jimmie G. Crain

Preferred Name: Jim

Date of Birth: September 8, 1936

Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel

Hometown: Midland, TX

Jimmie G. Crain - now

Since 2002, I’ve been at Pecan Plantation (0TX1) flying a Beech Bonanza V35B. (Same airport where Mack Angle lives and flies his Bonanza)

Units Assigned

1961, 178th TFG, OANG, Springfield, OH
1962-1963, Pilot Training, Webb, AFB, TX (T-33)
1963-1964, 178th TFG, OANG, Springfield, OH (F-84F)
1964-1966, 150th TFS, NMANG, Kirtland, AFB, NM (F-100A/C/F)
1966-1986, 178th TFG, OANG, Springfield, OH (F-100D/F, A-7D)
1986-1988, Wing DO, 121st Tactical Fighter Wing, Rickenbacker, AFB, OH (A-7D)

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

T-33
F-84F
F-100 A/C/D/F
A-7D

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

Air War College

Civilian Education:

MS/Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University