Operation Southern Watch
1992–2003 U.S. military operation in southern Iraq / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from August 1992 to March 2003.
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Operation Southern Watch | |||||||
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Part of the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict | |||||||
Two F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the Texas Air National Guard and New Jersey Air National Guard prepare to depart Prince Sultan Air Base on a patrol as part of Operation Southern Watch in 2000. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States United Kingdom France (until 1998)[1] Saudi Arabia | Iraq | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush | Saddam Hussein | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
5,000[2] | Various Iraqi air defense forces | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
19 American airmen killed and 372 Coalition personnel injured in the Khobar Towers bombing 3 RQ-1 Predator shot down[3] |
1 MiG-25 Foxbat and 1 MiG-23 Flogger shot down 10–15 air defense systems destroyed 175+ civilians killed and 500 others wounded[4] |
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United States Central Command's Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA)[5] had the mission of monitoring and controlling the airspace south of the 32nd Parallel (extended to the 33rd Parallel in 1996) in southern and south-central Iraq during the period following the end of the 1991 Persian Gulf War until the 2003 invasion of Iraq.