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22 September 1980 Iraqi airstrike on Iran

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By the day's end, the results of 250 missions flown were slim, with only four enemy planes destroyed versus five planes lost. The Iranian Air Force emerged from this operation, designed to permanently ground it, unharmed. Most of the craters left by Iraqi bombs were filled during the night. By
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Airbase at 1:45 PM, these aircraft caused some damage to the runway and immediately turned back to avoid being shot down. Within the next few minutes, other Iraqi aircraft reached airbases in
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At noon, 192 Iraqi aircraft took off from various airbases across Iraq and headed east toward Iran. The first planes to reach their targets were
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Airbase, housing the other half of the Iranian F-14s. The bombers targeted the runway and a fuel depot but failed to destroy any aircraft.
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Explosion in Mehrabad Air Base in Tehran after Iraqi forces attacked Tehran on September 22, 1980 starting the eight-year Iran-Iraq war.
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ordered his generals to prepare a pre-emptive strike on the Iranian Air Force, despite the shortcomings of the Iraqi Air Force.
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fleet. The aircraft released their bombs but failed to destroy the runway. At 2:40 PM, the last four Tu-22s reached the
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and the air force command's barracks, although the latter missed its target. At 2:30 PM, four
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heavy bombers flew over the Iranian capital, Tehran, at very low altitude. They bombed the
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The Lessons of Modern War: Volume Two – The Iran-Iraq Conflict
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morning, the principal Iranian air bases were operational again.
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Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1981–82)
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Iran–Iraq War
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Military strike
Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
Iraq
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Iran–Iraq War
1975 Algiers Agreement
Iranian Revolution
1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran
1979 Khuzestan insurgency
Iranian Embassy siege
Iraqi invasion of Iran
Iraqi airstrike
Revenge
Kaman 99
1st Khorramshahr
Scorch Sword
Dezful

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