Air engagements of the Gulf War

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Persian Gulf War Air Combat
Part of Persian Gulf War
Date Persian Gulf War 17 January – 28 February 1991 (1 month, 1 week and 4 days) After Persian Gulf War 28 February 1991 - 20 March 2003 (12 years, 2 weeks and 6 days) Location Iraq and Kuwait Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
United States  United Kingdom  Saudi Arabia	Iraq
Commanders and leaders
Chuck Horner Norman Schwarzkopf Colin Powell Andrew Wilson Bill Wratten Khalid bin Sultan Saleh Al-Muhaya	Saddam Hussein Ali Hassan al-Majid
Strength
1,000+ aircraft	750 aircraft
Casualties and losses
1 F/A-18C and 1 MQ-1 confirmed lost, 1 pilot KIA 1 RAF Tornado shot down, several other aircraft damaged (Iraqi claim)	44+ aircraft shot down (in air-air combat varying on report)[1]

During the 1991 Gulf War and subsequent operations in no-fly zones over Iraq, Coalition air forces faced the Iraqi Air Force (IQAF), the fourth largest air force in the world at the time. In the opening days of the war, many air-to-air engagements occurred, between Iraqi interceptors and a variety of different Coalition aircraft.