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)

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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.