List of combat victories of United States military aircraft since the Vietnam War

This is a list of notable fixed-wing military air combat victories since the end of the Vietnam War grouped by the year that the victory occurred. This list is intended for military aircraft air to air victories during combat.

Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)

August 19, 1981 – A Grumman F-14A Tomcat (Bureau Number : 160390) shot down a Sukhoi Su-22 using an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. The F-14 was piloted by Commander Lawrence "Music" Muczynski and Lieutenant JG James "Luca" Anderson."US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos Third Series (160007 to 163049)." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019. August 19, 1981 – A Grumman F-14A Tomcat (Bureau Number : 160403) shot down a Sukhoi Su-22 using an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. The F-14 was piloted by Commander Henry "Hank" Kleeman and Lieutenant David "DJ" Venlet."US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos Third Series (160007 to 163049)." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019.

Gulf of Sidra incident (1989)

January 4, 1989 – A Grumman F-14A Tomcat (Bureau Number : 159437) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The F-14 was piloted by Lieutenant Hermon C. Cook III and Lieutenant Commander Steven Patrick Collins.US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos Third Series (156170 to 160006)." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019. January 4, 1989 – A Grumman F-14A Tomcat (Bureau Number : 159610) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 using an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. The F-14 was piloted by Commander Joseph Bernard Connelly and Commander Leo F. Enwright.US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos Third Series (156170 to 160006)." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019.

Operation Desert Storm (1991)

January 17, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-107) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Chuck "Sly" Magill."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 17, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-125) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Jon "JB" Kelk."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 17, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-119) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Rhory "Hoser" Draeger."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 17, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-105) shot down a Dassault Mirage F1 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Rob "Cheese" Graeter."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 17, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-105) shot down a Dassault Mirage F1 aircraft when it flew into the ground. The pilot was Captain Rob "Cheese" Graeter."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 17, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 83-017) shot down a Dassault Mirage F1 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Steve "Tater" Tate."1983 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 17, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet (Bureau Number : 163508) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 aircraft using an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. The F/A-18 was piloted by Lieutenant Commander Mark I. Fox."US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos Third Series (163050 to 164195)." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019. January 17, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet (Bureau Number : 163502) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The F/A-18 was piloted by Lieutenant Nick Mongilio."US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos Third Series (163050 to 164195)." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019. January 19, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-114) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 aircraft when it flew into the ground. The pilot was Captain Cesar "Rico" Rodriguez."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 19, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-122) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Craig "Mole" Underhill."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 19, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 79-069) shot down a Dassault Mirage F1 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Dave "Spyro" Prather."1979 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 19, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 79-021) shot down a Dassault Mirage F1 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was First Lieutenant David "Abby" Sveden."1979 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 19, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-101) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Larry "Cherry" Pitts."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 19, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-099) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Rick "Kluso" Tollini."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 26, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-114) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Cesar "Rico" Rodriguez."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 26, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-108) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Rhory "Hoser" Draeger."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 26, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-104) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Tony "Kimo" Schiavi."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 27, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 84-027) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Ben "Coma" Powell."1984 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 27, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 84-027) shot down a Dassault Mirage F1 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Ben "Coma" Powell."1984 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 27, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 84-025) shot down two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft using an AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The pilot was Captain Jay "OP" Denney."1984 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 28, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 79-022) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Donald "Muddy" Watrous."1979 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. January 29, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-102) shot down a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain David "Logger" Rose."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. February 2, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 79-074) shot down an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Captain Greg "Dutch" Masters."1979 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. February 4, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle (Serial Number : 89-0487) shot down a Mil Mi-24 helicopter when it dropped its bomb load of GBU-10 precision guided bombs. The F-15E was piloted by Captain Richard Bennett and Captain Dan Bakke."1989 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019. February 6, 1991 - A Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Serial Number : 77-0205) shot down a Mil Mi-8 helicopter using its GAU-8/A Avenger rotary cannon. The A-10 was piloted by Captain Robert Swain."1977 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019. February 6, 1991 - A Grumman F-14 Tomcat (Bureau Number : 162603) shot down a Mil Mi-8 helicopter using an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. The pilots of the aircraft were Commander Ron McElraft and Lieutenant Stuart Broce."US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos Third Series (160007 to 163049)." joebaugher. Retrieved: 19 December 2019. February 6, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 84-019) shot down two Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft using AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The pilot was First Lieutenant Bob "Gigs" Hehemann."1984 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. February 6, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 79-078) shot down two Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 aircraft using AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The pilot was Captain Thomas "Vegas" Dietz."1979 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. February 7, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-102) shot down two Sukhoi Su-17 aircraft using AIM-7 Sparrow missiles. The pilot was Captain Anthony "ET" Murphy."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. February 7, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 80-003) shot down a Mil Mi-24 helicopter using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Major Randy "May Day" May."1980 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. February 7, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 85-124) shot down a Sukhoi Su-7 aircraft using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot was Colonel Rick Parsons."1985 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. February 11, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 79-048) shot down a Mil Mi-8 helicopter using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot is Captain Mark McKenzie and he shares the kill with Steve "Gunga" Dingee". He is credited with .5 kills."1979 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. February 11, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 80-012) shot down a Mil Mi-8 helicopter using an AIM-7 Sparrow missile. The pilot is Captain Steve "Gunga" Dingee and he shares the kill with Mark McKenzie. He is credit with .5 kills."1980 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 20 December 2019. February 15, 1991 - A Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (Serial Number : 81-0964) shot down a Mil Mi-8 helicopter using its GAU-8/A Avenger rotary cannon. The A-10 was piloted by Captain Todd Sheehy."1981 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019.

Operation Provide Comfort (1991-1996)

March 20, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 84-0014) shot down a Sukhoi Su-22 aircraft using an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. The F-15 was piloted by Captain John "Nigel" Doneski."1984 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019. March 22, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 84-0010) shot down a Sukhoi Su-22 aircraft using an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. The F-15 was piloted by Captain Thomas "Vegas" Dietz."1984 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019. March 22, 1991 - A McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (Serial Number : 84-0015) shot down a Pilatus PC-9 aircraft when it flew into the ground. The F-15 was piloted by First Lieutenant Bob "Gigs" Hehemann."1984 USAF Serial Numbers." joebaugher.com Retrieved: 19 December 2019.

Operation Southern Watch (1992-2003)