Operation Sultan 10

Operation Sultan 10
Part of Iran–Iraq War
Location
Northern Iraq
Planned byIran Col. Afshar
Iran Maj. Showqi
Commanded byIran Col. Afshar
TargetAl-Hurriah Airbase, Iraq
Date29 October 1980 (1980-10-29)
Executed by Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
  • 32nd Squadron
  • 33rd Squadron
OutcomeOperational success
Casualties1 airbase bombed
1 French technician killed, another one injured
2 MiG-21 fighters and 3 Mil Mi-8 helicopters destroyed on the ground
Dogfight:
4 MiG-23 fighters downed
3 pilots killed, 1 pilot captured

Operation Sultan 10 (Persian: عملیات سلطان ١٠) was an operation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) on 29 October 1980, at the beginning of the Iran–Iraq War. In this operation, six F-4E Phantom IIs from IRIAF's 32nd and 33rd Squadrons took part in an attack on the Al-Hurriah Airbase near Mosul in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.