Iran–Iraq War - capturing Majnoon Island

Time: Sunday Feb 27, 1983

Place: Majnoon Island, Iraq

Details: By 27 February, they had captured the island, but suffered catastrophic helicopter losses to IRAF. On that day, a massive array of Iranian helicopters transporting Pasdaran troops were intercepted by Iraqi combat aircraft (MiGs, Mirages and Sukhois).

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