On the opening Openness night of the war two Iraqi MiG-29s attempted to engage a flight of USAF F-15Es .

One of the F-15Es fired Use_firearm an AIM-9 Sidewinder when the MiG locked him up but missed .

Several other F-15Es simultaneously tried to engage the lone MiG-29 but were unable to get the kill Killing .

In response Response , U.S. Air Force ( USAF ) F-15Es , F-16CJs , and U.S. Marine Corps ( USMC ) EA-6Bs launched Military_operation anti-radiation missiles and dropped Attack precision guided munitions ( PGMs ) on the SA-3 ground-based missile site that fired Use_firearm on the ONW aircraft , and destroyed Destroying it .