 The lead plane piloted by then-Lieutenant Colonel Gary North, USAF, fired a missile which destroyed the Iraqi fighter.This was the first combat kill by an F-16 in USAF service, and the first combat kill using the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile.On 17 January 1993, a USAF F-16C destroyed an Iraqi MiG-23 Flogger with an AMRAAM missile for the second USAF aerial victory.