The Real Iraqi Airforce(Saddam Era and before)

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Old Iraqi Airforce remaining
SU-224K

 

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F-7

Su-22

Mi-24

Su-7

 

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Mig-25

Su-7

 

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Sea King

Su-20

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Mig-15

Jet Provost

 

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Mi-17

Sea King

Il-28

Aero L-29

 

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Mig-23

 

[baqai]

Saddam's airforce never did raised any serious fight against USAF right? looking at their hardware they should had been able to give atleast 1% fight? without flaming can we discuss what went wrong? morals?

 

[silko]

Saddam's airforce never did raised any serious fight against USAF right? looking at their hardware they should had been able to give atleast 1% fight? without flaming can we discuss what went wrong? morals?

not combat ready, bad equiped and bad trained... ?

 

[baqai]

Well i wouldn't say badly equipped considering they did had Mig 29's, Mirage F1's etc with them, training yes maybe and i guess overall morals might be the case. It would had been interesting to see them giving a fight to demonstrate how well soviet and french planes perform against US hardware.

 

[silko]

Well i wouldn't say badly equipped considering they did had Mig 29's, Mirage F1's etc with them, training yes maybe and i guess overall morals might be the case. It would had been interesting to see them giving a fight to demonstrate how well soviet and french planes perform against US hardware.

now, wich war are you talking about, 91 or 03 ?

cause i wrote that based on 03.

 

[baqai]

The first gulf war, I wouldn't call 03 a war, By that time US of A and NATO already have broken back bone of Iraq and the so called "war" was nothing more than an excuse to officially step inside their land. Also i am talking about conventional air warfare here, we all know what happened when guerrilla war fare started there.

 

[IceCold]

Damn they have an AWAC and aerial refueling capabilities back then something Pakistan is acquiring just now and look how badly they got thrashed. Heck they couldnt even protect their nuclear installation from Israeli attack. Incompetent losers.

 

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Inventory of Saddams Iraqi AirForce(according to Roy Braybrook on operation desert storm)
-200 MIG-21(Including Chinese F-7)
-50-100 MiG-23MS (some with in-flight refuling capability)
-28 Mig-25 (8 were used for High altitude Reconnaissance)
-48+ MiG-29
-328 Mirage F1
-100 SU-7
-100 Mig-23BN
-60 Su-25
-50 MiG-19
-24 L-39
-50 Gazelle Helicopters
-50 Mi-24 Helicopters
-100 Mi-8
-6 An-12
-18 IL-76
-3 IL-76 modified for AEW role