In the past, there are things that become nostalgia, and what a good equivalent Dr. Yahaghi has made for nostalgia: reminiscence. The connection of this photo with my recollection is that at least this year we have witnessed two bloody and unfortunate events that became the hot topic of the media with the keyword error, and now in this photo published by the amateure historian page, we can trace the days I see that not only has there been no military error, but we have paid the price for the military error of a superpower like the Soviet Union. In the explanation of this photo taken by the Soviet Army, an Iranian Phantom F-4 can be clearly seen, but this phantom is in the frame of the army photo. What does the Soviet Union (based in Afghanistan) do?
On April 5, 1982, Soviet air forces in Afghanistan carried out an operation to destroy the Afghan Mujahideen base near the border of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. Soviet helicopters took off with the intention of carrying out an operation, but mistakenly entered ten kilometers of Iranian territory. The presence of an asphalt road in that area made the pilots surprised, but they finally became sure that the targets were the ones defined on the map. Their shooting at a military building resulted in the death of two civilians (the guard of a cement factory), but they were not Afghan Mujahideen, but the hit site was in Iranian soil and the victims of two Iranian officers. The command unit of the Soviet army soon realized the mistake and ordered the helicopters to retreat, but this did not prevent Iran from retaliating. To compensate for this unintentional action of the Soviets, within a few hours Iranian phantoms entered the territory of Afghanistan and targeted an important Soviet base in occupied Afghanistan. No one was killed in this attack, and the Soviet Union tried not to respond to this reaction and resolve the matter with an apology. This photo is an image of the Iranian Phantom over the Soviet base.
Footnote: While searching for more, I also found another narration in which the reaction of Iranian phantoms inside Iranian soil is mentioned. This story has been secret for years until the Russians revealed it a few years ago. Apparently, the Russians have paid the financial compensation for this.
This post is written by amirBRZa