On December 28 , 1998 Iraq fired Use_firearm SA-3 surface to air missiles against coalition aircraft patrolling Patrolling the northern no-fly zone .

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 .