Operation Sultan 10
| Operation Sultan 10 | |||||
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| Part of Iran-Iraq War | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force |
 Iraq Iraqi Air Force | ||||
| Strength | |||||
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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) | ||||
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.