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Excuse me for going a bit off topic , but if Iraq right now does not have any fixed wing aircrat for QRA, pending introduction of F-16s, who is doing those missions over Iraq? Do the americans still have aircraft in the country now? Thanks.

My information is: Mirage F1EQ delivered: 93 - 16(EQ), 16 (EQ2), 28(EQ4). 20(EQ5), 13(EQ6) sent abroad during 1980s: 0 Accidental losses: ?? Combat losses: 15-17 remaining in 1990: 76 destroyed in 1991: 23 damaged in 1991: 6 flew to iran in 1991: 24 survived after 1991: 23 this is from the Iraqi Pr...

Hayder posted in another topic than 72 were delivered (between what years, if i may ask ?).
In 1991 there were a total of 62 Su-25K and 4 UBK available. (figures according to the Iraqi Air Force secret study, published by the americans)

السلام عليكم يذكر اللواء الطيار الركن علوان العبوسي انه في بداية الحرب 1980 كان توزيع اسراب الميك-21كما يلي السرب7 ميك-21ام اف في مطار بغداد الدولي السرب9 ميك21 ام اف في قاعدة الموصل السرب27 ميك21 بي اف ام في تكريت السرب37 ميك-21 بز في الحبانية السرب47 ميك-21 بز في كركوك السرب70 ميك-21 ار في الرشيد...

Hi again sir, If i may, when you say I see. Thanks. I'm nearly stunned: I never saw an IrAF document being so imprecise in this regards. ...is it imprecise as to the aircraft designations, or imprecise as to the numbers shown ? Yes - and no. The Kh-28 was delivered to Iraq in two variants. Kh-28C an...

PS: another little detail which i missed in my past post, i presume the Nissan-28 is the russian H-28E, not the later H-58 , correct ?
Thanks.

There's little the iraqi leadership can do (even if they want to buy from somewhere else) isn't it ? Remember how they got in charge.

Very interesting info, again, many thanks for sharing Mr. Cooper.
What was so bad in that BAZ contract that caused a near-mutiny, if i may ask ?

Thanks again.

Hi Mr. Cooper. Thanks for your comprehensive reply , much apreciated. The "top secret" document in question ( well it was secret when it was made, until the americans decided to make it and many others public) come from this DTIC publication: "Iraqi Perspectives Project Phase II Um Al-Ma’arik (The M...

Indeed, can be a bit confusing ( few years back i searched for long time what on earth is a Su-20M or a Su-22M-2K, before finally finding accurate data). I just go by what is pretty much first hand info regarding the correct designations, on the Sukhoi Company website , plus mr. Y. Gordon's Su-7/17 ...

Thanks for the clarification, i did re-checked the globalmilitary site and it only says Mirage-2000, not Mirage-2000E . I initially assumed that the planned deal for 60 Mirage-2000 and then plans for the 52 Mirage-2000S ( information posted here by you ) were separate. On Mr . Cooper's website, i th...

Regarding the subtypes of Su-22 in Iraqi AF service, this quote is from the "Iraqi losses during the 1980-88 war" topic: SU-22 / Su-22R delivered: 36 sent abroad during 1980s: 0 Accidental losses: ?? Combat losses: 20-25 remaining in 1990: 10 destroyed in 1991: 1 damaged in 1991: 0 flew to iran in 1...

Thank you all for your valuable information provided, many details are new to me ( like the Mi-28 planned production or the Mirage-4000 interest etc.) Sticking with the Mirages , according to info on the net it seems that just before the contract for the MiG-29s was signed, Iraq was seriously consid...

Hi everyone. It seems that over time there were plans and discussions acquire various combat aircraft for Iraq's Air Force , but for a multitude reasons the plans did not came to conclusion. Regarding the 1958-2003 timeframe , the oldest i can think of ( please correct me if i'm wrong ) is F-86F Sab...

دخلت الـT-54 الى الخدمة عام 1959 تلاها ادخال اعداد كبيرة و من عدة مناشئ اما بخصوص النموذج الروماني فالاسم التجاري له هو TR-580s طلبت 150دبابة عام 1981 من رومانيا و سلمت عامي 1981 و 1984 عن طريق مصر Hi Mirage F1, I don't think the tank in your photo is a romanian TR-580 but a T-54 series tank , the ...