On January 17, 1991, Lt. Comdr. Mark Fox (shown here) and Lt. Nick Mongillo of VFA-81, assigned to USS Saratoga, each shot down an Iraqi MiG-21 over western Iraq. These were the Navy’s only victories over Iraqi fixed-wing aircraft during Desert Sto
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