Two F-15Cs , piloted Motion by Captains Craig Underhill and Cesar Rodriguez gave Giving chase to a pair of MiG-29s detected Know by AWACS .

Underhill was facing Sayhood 's wingman , while Sayhood himself was facing Rodriguez .

Simultaneously , Sayhood gained Getting a lock on Rodriguez , throwing Motion him onto the defensive Defending .

Rodriguez dove to low altitude in order to clutter Sayhood 's radar and break Bodily_harm the lock-on , and dropped Motion flares to counter his adversary 's infra-red search-and-track .

Considering the engagement over , Rodriguez and Underhill turned Change south to rendezvous with a KC-135 tanker in order to refuel , but Sayhood reversed Change course and set off Departing after them , prompting Causation them to reengage .

Underhill kept Sayhood locked-on and climbed Motion , while Rodriguez committed Commitment to the merge in order to visually identify Check the opposing aircraft as hostile .

As they passed Process_end head-on , Rodriguez identified Check it as an Iraqi , and each pilot turned Change left to engage the other .

Sayhood believed in his MiG 's better turning Becoming radius and tried to get Getting into a firing Use_firearm position on Rodriguez ' tail but failed Earnings_and_losses .

Rodriguez outmaneuvered the Mig , managed to get firing position on him and successfully acquired a missile lock .

Fearing that Rodriguez would obtain Getting infra-red lock-on and shoot him down with an AIM-9 , Sayhood attempted to disengage using a split-s. Rodriguez did n't follow Sayhood 's manoeuver , and observed him eject just prior to his MiG impacting the ground - he 'd commenced his escape maneuver too low .

Fearing that Rodriguez would obtain Getting infra-red lock-on and shoot him down with an AIM-9 , Sayhood attempted to disengage using a split-s. Rodriguez did n't follow Sayhood 's manoeuver , and observed him eject just prior to his MiG impacting the ground - he 'd commenced his escape maneuver too low .

Spanish premier Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero described Statement the move Motion as `` a victory for democracy , law and reason '' .