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FSR.3 Gryphon, UAE, 1991. Aircraft showed two weeks after arrival to Oman and heavy fightings in "Battle over Hormuz Strait" against soviet aviation operating from ocupied Iran. Plane have "desert pink" overall, because 2 Squadron was first RAF unit in Oman after USSR intervention in Iran Civil War, and just after 2 Sq. training on new aircrafts. "Pink Griffin" was shooted by SA-8 after two months of fights.

Description
FSR.3 Gryphon, UAE, 1991. Aircraft showed two weeks after arrival to Oman and heavy fightings in "Battle over Hormuz Strait" against soviet aviation operating from ocupied Iran. Plane have "desert pink" overall, because 2 Squadron was first RAF unit in Oman after USSR intervention in Iran Civil War, and just after 2 Sq. training on new aircrafts. "Pink Griffin" was shooted by SA-8 after two months of fights.