The quote from Wikipedia appears to be wrong. The US has also used the missile in combat. FTA: “In January of 1999, two F-14s each fired one Phoenix missile at

The quote from Wikipedia appears to be wrong. The US has also used the missile in combat. FTA: “In January of 1999, two F-14s each fired one Phoenix missile at two Iraqi MiG-25s, only to have both miss. Later that same year, another F-14 fired a Phoenix at a MiG-23, only to miss once again. No F-14 ever shot down an enemy aircraft with the missile it was designed to carry.” The Wikipedia quote above is from the initial introductory section. Later, Wikipedia[0] says: > U.S. combat experience > On January 5, 1999, a pair of US F-14s fired two Phoenixes at Iraqi MiG-25s southeast of Baghdad. Both AIM-54s' rocket motors failed and neither missile hit its target. > On September 9, 1999, another US F-14 launched an AIM-54 at an Iraqi MiG-23 that was heading south into the no-fly zone from Al Taqaddum air base west of Baghdad. The missile missed, eventually going into the ground after the Iraqi fighter reversed course and fled north. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-54_Phoenix#U.S._combat_experience https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-54_Phoenix#U.S._combat_e...