Iraqi no-fly zones | |||||||
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Part of the aftermath of the Gulf War and the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict | |||||||
No-fly zone detail |
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States United Kingdom France Australia Belgium Netherlands Saudi Arabia Turkey Italy |
Iraq | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John Shalikashvili |
Saddam Hussein | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
6,000, Around 50 aircraft and 1,400 personnel at any one time | Various Iraqi air defense forces | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters shot down (friendly fire, 26 killed) 19 USAF servicemen deployed as part of the operation were killed in the Khobar Towers Bombing 5 RQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft shot down |
Unknown number of air defense systems destroyed 1 MiG-25 Foxbat shot down 1 MiG-23 Flogger Shot down 2 Su-22 Fitters shot down |
John Shalikashvili
T. Michael Moseley
George H. W. Bush (until 20 Jan. 1993)
Bill Clinton(20 Jan. 1993 – 20 Jan. 2001)
George W. Bush(from 20 Jan. 2001)
John Major
Tony Blair
François Mitterrand
Jacques Chirac
King Fahd