Operation Sultan 10

Operation Sultan 10
	Part of Iran-Iraq War
Date	29 October 1980
Location	Northern Iraq
Belligerents
Iran; Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force	Iraq; Iraqi Air Force
Strength
6 F-4 fighters,; 2 F-14 fighters; 3 Airtankers	4 Mig-23 fighters
Casualties and losses
No Casualties	2 Mig-21 fighters,; 3 Mil Mi-8 helicopters(on ground)

Operation Sultan 10 (Persian: عملیات سلطان ١٠) is the name of an operation of the Iranian Air Force on 29 October 1980, the beginning of the first Persian Gulf War. In this operation six F-4E Phantom II from IRIAF's 32 and 33 Squadrons took part in an attack on the Al-Hurriah airbase near Mosul in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

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