Battle for Jalibah Airfield

Battle for Jalibah Airfield
Part of the Gulf War
A disabled Iraqi T-55 tank at the airfield on 2 March 1991
Date 27 February 1991 Location Jalibah Southeast Air Base Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Iraq
Casualties and losses
2 killed 9 wounded (1 wounded by hostile fire) 3 IFVs damaged	2,000 casualties 31-40 tanks destroyed  [nb 1] 80 AA guns destroyed 20 aircraft shot down

The Battle for Jalibah Airfield took place when the U.S. 2nd Brigade, 24th Infantry Division successfully attacked and captured the heavily defended Jalibah Southeast Air Base military airfield in Iraq, located 80 miles west of Basra, on February 27, 1991 during the Gulf War.
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