The Iraqi aircraft , one piloted Motion by Captain Jameel Sayhood , promptly turned Change and engaged the two American fighters , and one of the most dramatic dogfights of the Arab Gulf War ensued .

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

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

Underhill fired Use_firearm an AIM-7 at Sayhood 's wingman , scoring Getting a head-on hit and killing Killing the opposing pilot instantly .

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 .

However , after seeing Traveling his wingman shot down Use_firearm , Sayhood disengaged Escaping and fled Escaping to the north .

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 .

Sayhood sliced Bodily_harm into the American formation , causing Causation a classic merge .

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 .

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 .

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 .

It has been claimed by some sources that an RAF Tornado ( `` ZA467 '' ) crewed by Squadron Leader Gary Lennox and Squadron Leader Adrian Weeks was shot down Use_firearm on 19 January by an R-60MK ( NATO reporting name : AA-8 Aphid ) missile fired Use_firearm from an Iraqi MiG-29 piloted by Jameel Sayhood , however this aircraft is officially recorded as having crashed on 22 January on a mission to Ar Rutbah .