Detailed table of what was flown during Gulf War I at the link. I’m not sure what the comparison between the two wars is intended to suggest, so I look forward to what you lot have to say, dear Reader. :-)
[NextBigFuture] Israel in the Gazoo...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
War has had a total number of air strikes that is 39% of the number of
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KABOOM!...
s that the US Air Force performed in the 1991 Gulf War.
The Israel Air Force has carried out strikes against more than 31,000 targets belonging to Hamas
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...and other terror groups since the war began, mostly in Gaza (29,000 targets), but also in Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
and other fronts, racking up over 186,000 flight hours. Of the strikes, 26,000 were carried out by fighter jets, 3,800 with attack helicopters, and 3,800 with drones.
The 31000 strikes compares to 80,000 sorties performed by the US Air Force in the 1991 Gulf War. The US flew close to 80,000 sorties out of overall 116,000 sorties from the entire multi-national coalition. Israel’s war is not done yet. Israel does not have B-52 or B-1 bombers to the tonnage of bombs is far less.
The US F-16s flew nearly 13,500 sorties in the Gulf War. This was the highest for any system in the war. The F-111 flew over 4,000 sorties with a high mission capable rate.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) flies the F-15, F-35, and F-16 fighter jets that have been launching airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since the October 7, 2023, terror attacks on Israel by Hamas holy warriors. As of November 8, 2023, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) operates 50 F-15 A/B/C/D variants and 25 F-15 I aircraft. The IAF also has about 224 F-16 Sufa and Barak in operation.
Israel’s F-16 in this 2023-2024 war were probably used nearly twice as much as the US used F-16s in the Gulf War.
Israel has about fifty F-35s and will get another 25 delivered in 2024 to reach 75 F-35s.