Willard Whyte,
The Iranians put most of the Iraqi defecting fleet into service.
Ex-Iraqi Su-22 Fitters in Iranian service.
Photos: Sukhoi Su-22M4K Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
Ex-Iraqi IL-76 in Iranian service.
Photos: Ilyushin Il-76TD Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
Ex-Iraqi Mirage F1 in Iranian service.
Photos: Dassault Mirage F1BQ Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
Photos: Dassault Mirage F1BQ-1 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
Ex-Iraqi Su-24 Fencer with the big wing fences fitted. Iran also bought Su-24s direct from Russia.
Photos: Sukhoi Su-24MK Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
Ex-Iraqi Il-76 AWACS in Iranian service. This aircraft crashed in 2009.
Photos: Ilyushin Il-76MD Adnan 1 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
Iran also put into service the ex-Iraqi MiG-29 and Su-25s.
In April 1991, the Iraqi foreign ministry published the following list of Iraqi aircraft flown out to Iran, and accordingly requested these aircraft back. The Iranians didn't return anything.
- 24 Mirage F.1EQ/BQ
- 24 Su-24MK
- 40 Su-22
- 4 Su-20
- 7 Su-25
- 4 MiG-29
- 7 MiG-23ML
- 4 MiG-23BN
- 1 MiG-23UB
- 15 Il-76
- 2 Boeing 747
- 2 Boeing 737
- 1 Boeing 727
- 1 Boeing 707
TJ