barrier combat air patrol การใช้
- On 2 June 1968 F-4B # 150453 suffered mechanical failure while on a barrier combat air patrol.
- In addition to protecting strike aircraft, the 525th was frequently tasked to man barrier Combat Air Patrols in eastern Iraq to destroy Iraqi fighters attempting to flee to Iran.
- Known as PIRAZ, for " positive identification and radar advisory zone, " the initial duties of tracking friendly aircraft was expanded to include Air Force planes, controlling barrier combat air patrols, advising support aircraft, and coordinating strike information with the Air Force reporting center at Da Nang, South Vietnam.