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Speaking as a former aircraft maintenance weenie...

Dang, that's going to be a LOT of man-hours to fix.

Sadly, NONE of those aircraft shown blowing up were operational airframes. This was so embarrassing. When asked by one reporter the Brig. Gen. did not even know what types they were. He was very poorly briefed on this matter. My guess is that these images were not even run past the intel analysts for verification before release. They look good yes, but a complete waste of ammo, time and energy. These airframes have been sitting at H-2 for many years acting as decoys. The aircraft in the image is a UK supplied HUNTER. These were last used by the Iraqi's in the 1970s. The other types seen destroyed by the gunship were Su-7 FITTER a type retired in Iraq in favour of the swing wing variant Su-17. The other decoy airframe seen destroyed was a MiG-17 FRESCO. Good target practice though!