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The Iraqi Air Force was founded in 1931, during the period of British control in Iraq after their defeat of the Ottomans in the First World War, with only a few pilots. The Iraqi Air Force operated mostly British aircraft until the 14 July Revolution in 1958, when the new Iraqi government began increased diplomatic relationships with the Soviet ...
F-14 Tomcats from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf await their turn refueling from a KC-10A over Iraq during Desert Storm while conducting a combat air patrol mission to turn away fleeing Iraqi fighters. The first week of the air war saw a few Iraqi sorties, but these did little damage, and 36 Iraqi fighter aircraft were shot down by Coalition planes.
Air Force: F-15C 2 Shot down two Iraqi Mirage F1s who were attempting to bomb a Saudi oil refinery. Was the first coalition pilot to shoot down multiple aircraft. Zuhair Dawood [9] Iraqi Republic: Air Force: MiG-25: 1 Credited with downing Commander Michael Speicher, in the US's first combat loss of the war. Nafie Al-Jubouri [10] Iraqi Republic ...
Iraq: Combat helmet: Used by Iraqi Armed Forces from the early 1980s to 2010. Used mostly for training. [21] MICH United States: Combat helmet: Used by ISOF [22] PASGT United States: Combat helmet: Standard personnel armor. [23] I OTV United States: Bulletproof vest: Standard issue in combat and duty personnel. With different versions.
Armies of the Iran–Iraq War 1980–88. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-4558-0. National Training Center (1 January 1991). The Iraqi Army: Organization and Tactics. Paladin Press. ISBN 978-0-87364-632-1. Tucker, Spencer C. (20 August 2014). Persian Gulf War Encyclopedia: A Political, Social, and Military History. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
Later Iraqi government documents claim two F-15s recorded as being shot down in this engagement. [1] However, USAF claim that there is no record of an F-15 being shot down on January 30 in the area west of Baghdad. [8] [better source needed] Operation Samurra was the last offensive operation of the Iraqi Air Force during the Gulf War.
Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991. Coalition aircraft inbound during Operation Desert Shield . List of Gulf War military equipment is a summary of the various military weapons and vehicles used by the different nations during the Gulf War of 1990–1991.
This is the order of battle for the Liberation of Kuwait campaign during the Gulf War between Coalition forces [1] and the Iraqi Armed Forces [2] between February 24–28, 1991. The order that they are listed in are from west to east.