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Gulf War
(Desert Storm: 17 January - 28 February 1991) 


                                VICTORIES
NAME                 DESTROYED    DAMAGED   UNIT/AIRFORCE                 COMMENTS

Dawood, Zuhair           1           -      84 Sq. IrAF
Sayhood, Jameel          1           -      9 Sq. IrAF, 2nd Iraqi AD SOC  1.
Hijab, Khudair           -           2      9 Sq. IrAF, 2nd Iraqi AD SOC
Hussam                   -           1      63 Sq. IrAF
unknown                  -           1      63 Sq. IrAF
Comments:
  1. Jameel Sayhood was then shot down by the two pilots of McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle (F-15C, AF85-0122/EG, 58TFS / 33TFW, pilot Craig William Underhill; F-15C, AF85-0114/EG, 58TFS / 33TFW, pilot Cesar Antonio Rodriguez). American pilots announced shot down of two MiG-29B aircrafts, but Iraqi Air Force actually lost only one aircraft MiG-29, piloted by Jameel Sayhood .

MiG-23ML
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML, 63rd Squadron, Iraqi Air Force.

MiG-25PD
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25PDS, 84th Squadron, Iraqi Air Force.

MiG-29
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29, 9th Squardon, Iraqi Air Force.

General Dynamics F-111F
General Dynamics F-111F, No. 71-0884, 492nd TFS, 48th TFW(P), Taif, Saudi Arabia, January-February 1991.

Panavia Tornado GR.1
Panavia Tornado GR.1, No. ZA396 / GE, 15th Squadron RAF, January 1991.

B-52
Boeing B-52G "In Harm's way", 4300th BW(P), United States Air Force, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, January 1991.
Damaged by Khudair Hijab, pilot 9th Sq. IrAF, 2nd Iraqi AD SOC, on 17th January 1991.

Iraqi air-to-air victories during Gulf War 1991  PDF
 
Much information kindly provided by Diego Zampini.
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