In the opening Openness days of the war , many air-air engagements occurred Presence , where Iraqi interceptors would engage Coalition aircraft .

The first air-air kills of the war occurred Presence when two USAF F-15Cs shot down Use_firearm two Iraqi MiG-29s .

An unarmed EF-111 had thus scored an air-air victory against a Dassault Mirage F1 , although Graeter was credited with a kill .