The US and Britain have increased the number of air patrols in the "no fly" zone over southern Iraq, it emerged today. Several hundred sorties are being flown each day using F-16 and other fighter ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pentagon sources tell CNN that an RQ-1B "Predator" unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been lost over Iraq's southern no-fly zone and may have been shot down as Iraq claims.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) -- A royal family member from the Gulf state of Qatar gave Iraq a Boeing 747 jumbo jet Thursday, calling it an expression of solidarity with President Saddam Hussein and ...

F-16s flew more sorties than any other combat aircraft in Desert Storm and yet, they achieved no aerial victories. The first ...

Meanwhile it was confirmed that warplanes from the USS Abraham Lincoln bombed Iraqi positions today after coalition aircraft patrolling a no-fly zone were fired on by Iraqi forces. A top admiral ...

Such peacekeeping flights would be “way more dangerous and complex” than controlling previous no-fly zones over Iraq, Bosnia or Libya, according to former Tornado pilot Mandy Hickson.

These no-fly zones exist for national security, cultural respect, or sheer safety concerns. Pilots are expected to avoid them entirely, and violations can lead to serious consequences. 9 No-Fly ...