Operation Desert Shield/Storm can be considered the last battle of the undeclared Cold War.  It was totally one sided, and can’t be considered a ‘war’.  The battle annihilated the Iraqi air force.

What’s left of a Sukhoi 25, NATO reporting name Frogfoot.

From this angle it appears the Su-25 made an emergency landing on the dirt.  Notice the tracks in the dirt indicate the right main tire was blown as the track is deeper and rougher cut that the left main and nose wheel-tires.

Sukhoi 22 found in a hardened hanger.

In a hanger hit by airstrikes, is this what is left of a MiG-25?

Definitely a MiG-25.

What’s left of British Airways flight 149 Boeing 747, on the Kuwait International Airport.  The U.S. DoD reported it as destroyed by retreating Iraqi troops, however it has never been proven. Flight 149 just happen to arrive on the airport the day the Iraqis invaded, passengers and crew were taken hostage. 

An aerial view showing the British Airways 747 and a smaller Kuwaiti Air Force DC-9 cargo aircraft.  It should be noted that the information that came with this DoD photo said “…coalition bombing of a transport aircraft and a small jet at Kuwait International Airport in the final days of Operation Desert Storm”, contradicting statements that retreating Iraqis did it.

Staff Sergeant Lee Corkran stands in front of KAF320, the destroyed Kuwaiti Air Force DC-9.  The photo’s original DoD information claimed this was the tail section of a Kuwaiti Air Force 747!

Abandoned Iraqi Mil 8, NATO reporting name Hip.

Remains of a helicopter.

Was this a Hind or a Hip?

U.S. Army soldiers check-out a Mil-24, NATO reporting name Hind.

General Norman Schwarzkopf uses his foot to check-out the pieces & parts of an abandoned Hind.

Captured by U.S. Marines, a U.S. made Bell 214ST.

An Iranian F-4E was destroyed during Desert Storm.  The interesting story is that the Iranian pilot defected to Iraq in 1984, in the middle of the Iran-Iraq War.  The back seat Weapon System Operator (WSO) was not part of the defection and became a Prisoner of War.  Later the WSO was released to NATO Turkey, where he was assassinated.

What’s left of a MiG 29, NATO reporting name Fulcrum.

U.S. Army combat cameraman, Daniel Jackson, videos the burned-out Fulcrum.

An aerial view of the same MiG-29.

A bashed-up Iraqi Pilatus PC-7.

Burned beyond recognition.

Sukhoi 22.

More destroyed Su-22s.

Su-22 nose.

Iraq 2003:

ARMOR BATTLE DAMAGE

Vehicle I-D:  IRAQI HUEY