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28 July – An Iraqi military Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in a sandstorm. All five crew-members are killed. [10]17 April – A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, 95–26648, belonging to the 3-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade crashes on infill about 12 miles (19 km) north of Tikrit while executing an 8 ship air assault at night. 1 U.S. service member killed and 3 crew ...
Its goal was the acquisition of a Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, the most advanced Soviet fighter plane at that time. The operation began in mid-1963 and ended on August 16, 1966, when an Iraqi Air Force MiG-21, flown by the Iraqi Assyrian defector Munir Redfa, landed at an air base in Israel. Israel and the United States were able to ...
Redfa's MiG-21, the subject of Operation Diamond, at the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim. Captain Munir Redfa (Arabic: منير ردفا, Syriac: ܡܘܢܝܪ ܪܕܦܐ), born Munir Habib Jamil Rufa (Arabic: منير حبيب جميل روفا, Syriac: ܡܘܢܝܪ ܚܒܝܒ ܓܡܝܠ ܪܘܦܐ ) (1934 – c. 1998 [1]) was an Iraqi fighter pilot.
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Iraq; a tribute to fallen heroes. Edinburgh, UK: Mainstream publishing. ISBN 9781845964078. Reid, John P Q (Wing Commander (RAF)) (11 October 2005). Royal Air Force Board of Inquiry into the loss of Hercules XV179 (Iraq 30 Jan 05) (PDF) (Report). Royal Air Force/Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2012.
DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — An Iraqi pilot who has been training in the United States for four years crashed in southern Arizona while flying an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, a spokesman for the ...
A fire engulfed the plane as it crashed causing the aircraft to burn said authorities Five people, including one child, are dead after plane crash in trees near Wright Brothers National Memorial ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria Part of the attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present) and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Location Iraq and Syria Target Iranian Revolutionary Guards Liwa al-Tafuf Popular Mobilization Forces Kata'ib ...