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Originally posted by drunkmonkey
One thing that has really bothered me about this conflict so far is the total lack of the Iraqi Air Force. I have seen neither hide nor hair of its deployment.
the Iraqi Air Force was hit hard during the first Gulf War, I know. And the AL QUWWAT AL JAWWIYA AL IRAQIYA (IRAQI AIR FORCE) is notorious for playing cat and mouse instead of direct air-to-air combat, instead, relying on drawing fighters into surface-to-air zones. But Iraq still has a working air force with approx. 700 planes, with over 250 of them being attack aircraft (60 Mirage F1EQa, 100 MiG-21s and MiG-23s of various types with about 10 MiG-25s comprising the bulk of their attack aircraft). I have not heard one word about an attack by Iraqi planes or any Iraqi planes being captured or destroyed.
What are they waiting for?
I think Baghdad is going to be an interesting battle.
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Their pilots apparently don't want to commit suicide. Your numbers are not even close to being correct.