1988 in the Persian Gulf being chased by an Iranian F4 who thought we were Iraqi and ignored all calls on guard from us, the AWACS and the crusier in the area. We had to climb to get over the top of the USS R K Turner. He was only about 5 miles off our tail as we cleared the Turner and she lite him up with every fire control radar she had while having missiles on the rails. That turned him around and ended the chase. Good thing the Iranians did not have any reliable air-to-air missile and was going for the guns kill or he would probably have gotten us.As a AW, 197X, in a Sea in WESTPAC, bring chased by a GCI site and MIG-25 who was authorized to shoot us down- Proved the P-3 could do 405Kts at 50" AGL with 4 cherries across the board AND we were in and out of the clouds, so vis horizon was for s**t!
TIT was exceeded on all engines, inspections were required and engines were changed. But that War Pig did 420 indicated.....