Coalition Fixed-Wing Combat Aircraft Attrition in Desert Storm
The following table is a representation of all combat damage and losses reported by the Coalition during the 1991 Gulf War. Times are expressed either in Zulu (
Z
) or Local (
L
); D/L indicates whether this was combat damage (
Damage
) or a combat loss (
Loss
); all unit designations are American unless otherwise noted; abbreviations for Allied air forces are as follows:
RAF
(Royal Air Force),
FAF
(French Air Force),
KAF
(Kuwaiti Air Force),
IAF
(Italian Air Force),
RSAF
(Royal Saudi Air Force). Common causes are either
AAA
or SAMs, either infra-red (
IR-SAM
) or radar-guided (
R-SAM
). Two cases are listed as "
DEA-Other
", which indicates Direct Enemy Action - Other, usually a crash resulting from maneuvers against a threat.
Sources:
Gulf War Airpower Survey, Vol. 5
; Norman Friedman,
Desert Victory
;
World Air Power Journal
. Additionally, Mark Bovankovich and LT Chuck Chase offered corrections and several intriguing details on these incidents. All errors, however, remain entirely mine.