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Iran–Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
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1980–1988 war in West Asia
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Aerial service branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
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H-3 airstrike
1981 Iranian Air Force raid on an airbase in western Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War
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