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Iran–Iraq War

capturing Majnoon Island

Sunday Feb 27, 1983
Majnoon Island, Iraq

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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