From a friend, SSGT Steve Thorne (ret)
Probably not a true story, but it's funny nonetheless.
ST
Subject: Fw: Iranian air defense
I love short but easily understood radio transmissions.
Here's a classic radio transcript!
In addition to communicating with the local air traffic control facility, aircraft are required to give the Iranian Air Defense Radar a ten minute 'heads up' that 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.
A friend of mine just flew with a guy who overheard this conversation on the VHF emergency frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai .
The conversation went something like this...
Air Defense Radar: 'Unknown aircraft at(location unknown), 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 Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet. Send 'em up!'
Air Defense Radar: (no response ... total silence)
You gotta love it!
Edwin Haroldson
Loremaster
Master of the Mages' Guild
An ethical person does the right thing when no one is watching.
OOG - Charlie Spiegel - Kitchen Marshal
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