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List of Iraqi aerial victories during the Iran–Iraq war

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ14523999 ↗
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The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq lasting from September 1980 to August 1988. The following list contains Iraqi victories by known Iraqi pilots. Note the list is far from complete. The confirmed victories are bold and probable victories are italic in the column of victims.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of Iraqi aerial victories during the Iran–Iraq war” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.