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The Iraqi no-fly zones conflict was a low-level conflict in the two no-fly zones (NFZs) in Iraq that were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom, and France after the Gulf War of 1991. The United States stated that the NFZs were intended to protect the ethnic Kurdish minority in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi ...
Following the 1991 Gulf War, the United States along with other Coalition nations established two no-fly zones in Iraq. [4] US and Coalition officials stated that the northern no-fly zone was intended to prevent attacks against the Kurdish people by the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein, and that the southern no-fly-zone was intended to protect Iraq's Shia population.
For the first year of the mission, northern Iraq was quiet, with no combat between Coalition aircraft and Iraqi forces. Operation Northern Watch forces did not take part in Operation Desert Fox in December 1998. After Desert Fox, Iraq announced they would no longer recognize the no-fly zones and urged their troops to attack Coalition aircraft.
Airstrikes during the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict (3 P) Pages in category "Iraqi no-fly zones conflict" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from August 1992 to March 2003.. United States Central Command's Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA) [5] had the mission of monitoring and controlling the airspace south of the 32nd Parallel (extended to the 33rd Parallel in 1996) in southern and south-central Iraq during ...
1991 – 2003 Iraqi no-fly zones conflict. January 13 – 22, 1993 January 1993 airstrikes on Iraq; 26 June 1993 1993 cruise missile strikes on Iraq; September 3, 1996 Operation Desert Strike; December 16 – 19, 1998 Operation Desert Fox; 1999 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq; 2001 – 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan conflict (2001–2003) 2003 – 2011 Iraq War
Then-Lt. Col. John Abizaid speaking with some Kurds in Northern Iraq during Operation Provide Comfort, 1991 Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War, and to ...
Map of the no-fly zones in Iraq after the Gulf War. Operation Provide Comfort took place in the northern no-fly zone, labeled as "NORTHERN NFZ" on the map An AWACS aircraft operates out of Incirlik Air Base during OPC. On 7 April 1991, Iraq accepted United Nations (UN) ceasefire conditions and resolutions, thereby officially ending the Gulf War.