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[Shahab3]

@mehabadi

ja klar.. :laugh:
Ich glaube hier ist Aufklärung angebracht :

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I assume you are referring to the Iraqi aircraft that fled to Iran to escape
destruction in the early weeks of the 1991 Gulf War. In that conflict, Iraq kept
most of its air force in reserve believing its aircraft would be safe from attack
in underground shelters. Saddam Hussein had used the same tactic during the Iran-Iraq War of 1980 to 1988 believing that the planes should be saved for a critical moment when they would turn the tide. Hussein had good reason to believe his planes would be safe, for the 594 hardened bunkers they were stored in were deep underground, reinforced with layers of concrete, and believed to be virtually impenetrable. Perhaps reinforcing his belief was the fact that coalition forces, led by the United States, focused their initial attacks on runways and air defense sites rather than the bunkers. This policy changed, however, when US and British strike aircraft began attacking the hardened shelters with precision laser-guided bombs. Fitted with 2,000 lb (910 kg) warheads, these weapons were capable of destroying even the most fortified of structures.
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As you might imagine, the success of these airstrikes caused a panic among Iraqi
forces who feared their entire air force would be destroyed while still on the ground. Saddam Hussein was faced with a terrible dilemma--keep his planes on the ground or commit them to combat and face almost certain destruction or have them flee to a neutral nation. While coalition forces had expected Saddam Hussein to employ the latter tactic, it was anticipated that the aircraft would flee west to Jordan, a nation friendly to the Iraqi regime, rather than to long-time enemy Iran. In anticipation, coalition fighters routinely patrolled the skies over western Iraq to catch any escape attempt. Again facing almost certain destruction,
Hussein chose the only alternative left, that of sending his planes east to
Iran knowing that they would most likely survive and there was at least a chance
the aircraft would be returned at the end of the war.
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Whether this initial exodus was planned or not was somewhat of a mystery as one of the planes disintegrated before crossing the border, two announced technical
malfunctions, and others reported a severe lack of fuel indicating that they were
forced to land in Iran due to distress. Iran immediately responded by declaring its
neutrality in the war and denying that any assistance had been offered to Iraq.
Under the international laws of neutrality, Iran also promised to impound the
planes and their aircrews until the conclusion of the war.
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Und hier der Knüller ( wahrscheinlich glaubt auch Mehabadi daran ) :

The Iraqi people learned of the news the next day when the following announcement was aired on the Voice of the Iraqi Republic radio station:

"The spokesman of our army, the Iraqi Army, announces that several of our airplanes were forced to land in Iran last night. Efforts are being made through regular channels to return the airplanes and their pilots to their homeland."

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Over the course of several weeks, some 115 Iraqi warplanes were able to successfully escape to Iran. These included

* 44 Sukhoi Su-20 and Su-22
* 12 MiG-23
* 7 MiG-25
* 4 MiG-29
* 24 Su-24
* 24 Mirage F.1

An additional 15 Ilyushin Il-76s, 17 civilian airliners, and perhaps 2 Adnan I airborne early warning aircraft (based on the Russian A-50) also fled to Iran.

Wenn es nach mir geht, dann sind diese Flugzeuge Teil der Kriegsreparationen, die der Irak an den Iran aufgrund des 1.GK zu zahlen hat. Offensichtlich sieht man das auf iranischer Seite ähnlich. (Auch wenn die Flugzeuge wohl übewiegend eher einen symbolischen Wert besitzen )