Captain Mohammad Ibrahim Hemti, commander of the Peykan battleship

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Soon another four persian F-4s arrived from Shiraz Air Base, bombed the port of Al Faw, and, together with F-5s, destroyed the surrounding Iraqi SAM sites. One persian F-4 was also downed while another one was hit and damaged by an Iraqi SA-7 surface-to-air missile but managed to return to base.

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