Iraqi no-fly zone
| 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
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 Iraq
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Prince Abdullah
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Saddam Hussein
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| 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 |
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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
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