Iranian F-14's documentary
The 1 shot / 3 kills is true. I met the pilot in person. It was at the beginning of the war, when they fired couple of Phoenixes. Iraqis Mig21 flew tight to hide their real number. The Iranian pilot recognize and decide to kill the middle one to destroy 2 other as collateral. Phoenix was very expensive and rare. They knew they can't replace them so were very stingy in firing them. In general F-14 has covered F-4s on their bombing missions, as whenever Iraqis knew there are Tomcats up there, they never got close! Tomcat pilots were instructed to use canons and only Sidewinder, when it is really necessary. They carried Phoenix just for the case.
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