1. Golfkrieg

[Shahab3]

Hallo Tiger,

Der Irak begann den Krieg sowohl in der Luft als auch am Boden. Ziel der Luftangriffe war es, die iranische Luftwaffe möglichst am Boden schon schwer zu schwächen, was jedoch nicht wirklich gelang.

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The first day of the war

On September 22, 1980, formations of Iraqi MiG-23s and MiG21s attacked Iran's air bases at Mehrabad and Doshen-Tappen (both near Tehran), as well as Tabriz, Bakhtaran, Ahvaz, Dezful, Uromiyeh, Hamadan, Sanandaj, and Abadan. Their aim was to destroy the Iranian air force on the ground--a lesson learned from the Arab-Israeli June 1967 War. They succeeded in destroying runways and fuel and ammunition depots, but much of Iran's aircraft inventory was left intact. Iranian defenses were caught by surprise, but the Iraqi raids failed because Iranian jets were protected in specially strengthened hangars and because bombs designed to destroy runways did not totally incapacitate Iran's very large airfields. Within hours, Iranian F-4 Phantoms took off from the same bases, successfully attacked strategically important targets close to major Iraqi cities, and returned home with very few losses.
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Insgesamt war die irakische Luftwaffe in keiner Phase des Krieges wirklich konkurrenzfähig. Die Quote lag bei ca. 5-7:1. "c.a" weil nicht für alle Verluste Bestätigungen vorliegen.