Challenge: RSAF Ace

As in the Royal Singapore Air Force... and as in the Royal Saudi Air Force. Both have rather well-equipped air forces, along with regional rivals to fight, but neither has had an ace. How would you go about changing that?

A Saudi ace? This would not be impossible at all. OTL the RSAF scored at least one kill (apparently, not very professionally) on an Iranian F-4 who wandered into Saudi airspace. There are really two big opportunities for an RSAF ace to score kills: the instability in the Gulf airspace between 1980-88 (especially during the Tanker Wars) and the 1991 Gulf War.

Between those events it would be rather easy for one pilot to wind up with five kills, especially as the RSAF was operating F-15's with AWACS support during this time.

It also bears pointing out that if Saddam had continued south in 1991, entering Saudi Arabia after attacking Kuwait and overrunning the "speed bump" western forces in place, the RSAF would be the only major offensive force left until more Coalition forces could be deployed to the Gulf.
 
A Saudi ace? This would not be impossible at all. OTL the RSAF scored at least one kill (apparently, not very professionally) on an Iranian F-4 who wandered into Saudi airspace. There are really two big opportunities for an RSAF ace to score kills: the instability in the Gulf airspace between 1980-88 (especially during the Tanker Wars) and the 1991 Gulf War.

Between those events it would be rather easy for one pilot to wind up with five kills, especially as the RSAF was operating F-15's with AWACS support during this time.

It also bears pointing out that if Saddam had continued south in 1991, entering Saudi Arabia after attacking Kuwait and overrunning the "speed bump" western forces in place, the RSAF would be the only major offensive force left until more Coalition forces could be deployed to the Gulf.

In 1990, you mean.

By January 1991, it wasn't a speedbump.
 
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