Talk:List of Iraqi Air Force aircraft squadrons

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Will have to be confirmed with Tom Cooper's books or other data: Su-20/22s bought:

18 Su-20 delivered in October 1973 (Lyulka AL-7F engines), all served with No. 1 Squadron IqAF
36 Su-22 delivered in 1976 (Tumansky R-29 engines), of which 18 served with No. 44 Squadron IqAF and 18 with No.109 Squadron; several of these belonged to the Su-22R sub-variant which could carry the KKR-1 recce pod
18 Su-22M delivered in 1978, all served with No.5 Squadron; six of these were upgraded to Su-22M-2K standard in 1981, equipped with Kh-58C/E anti-radar missiles (manufactured under licence in Iraq as "Nissin-28")
some 20 Su-22M-2Ks were purchased in 1983 in order to replace losses; they re-equipped the entire No.5 Squadron, releasing remaining Su-22Ms to be transferred to No.44 Squadron.
18 Su-22M-2Ks were purchased in 1983-1984 in order to replace remaining Su-22s of No.109 Squadron (only 3 of these survived by the time)
18 Su-22M-3Ks were purchased in 1984; they entered service with No.69 Squadron; these were the first Iraqi Su-22 compatible with advanced PGMs and R-60s
36 Su-22M-4K were purchased in 1986-1987 and they entered service with No.5 and No. 109 Squadron IqAF

http://iraqimilitary.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=76&start=15 Buckshot06 (talk) 10:42, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Copied from User talk:Gavbadger

Re WP:MILMOS#UNITNAME re Iraqi Air Force squadrons; I've got hold of another gold-standard source which you will see I've referenced at No. 3 Squadron IqAF and List of Iraqi Air Force aircraft squadrons. Both several books by Tom Cooper, and this Israeli intelligence analyst Malovany make clear that Iraqi squadrons were designated by ordinals (3rd) rather than cardinals (No. 3) in line with Commonwealth practice. In line with WP:MILMOS#UNITNAME I believe we should reflect that, and thus I am going to move them to '3rd Squadron' rather than 'No. 3 Squadron'. Since you were the original creator though and put some hard work into creating the articles in the first place, I thought I would drop a courtesy note to you. Hope that's all clear. Kind regards Buckshot06 (talk) 09:50, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the heads up, completely understand and agree. Gavbadger (talk) 22:38, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

- End of copied section** Buckshot06 (talk) 23:11, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]