Marine aviator...

[DarthRider]

According to a Marine Pilot:

In addition to communicating with the local Air Traffic
Control facility, all aircraft in the Persian Gulf AOR are
required to give the Iranian Air Defense Radar (military) a
ten minute 'heads up' if they will be transiting
Iranian airspace.

This is a common procedure for commercial aircraft and
involves giving them your call sign, transponder code, type
aircraft, and points of origin and destination.

I just flew with a guy who overheard this conversation on
the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying
from Europe to Dubai. It's too good not to pass along.
The conversation went something like this...

Air Defense Radar: 'Unknown aircraft at (location
unknown), you are in Iranian airspace. Identify
yourself.'

Aircraft: 'This is a United State s aircraft. I am in
Iraqi airspace.'

Air Defense Radar: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you
do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor
aircraft!'

Aircraft: 'This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18
fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!'

Air Defense Radar: (no response ... total silence)

[BobFV1]

Aircraft: 'This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18
fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!'

Air Defense Radar: (no response ... total silence)

That boy either had a high fuel state, was a good bullshit artist, or had access to a tanker.

I was on an ATC freq flying over Pakistan near the Afghan border earlier this year and heard our boys on CAP patrol, flying up towards the general vicinity of Kandahar. Always reassuring to hear an American accent, the unit designation and number - friendlies in the area!