Boeing Chinook (UK variants) Banner in Northern Ireland. On 2 June 1994 a Chinook flying from RAF Aldergrove to Scotland crashed on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland killing all 25 passengers and all four crew members. The Chinook became a vital transit tool during the 1991 Gulf War in Iraq. They were used for moving troops into the region at the start of the conflict; a Chinook was used on 22 January 1991 to transport a Special Air Service (SAS) patrol on the infamous Bravo Two Zero mission. In the aftermath of the conflict as many as nine British Chinooks delivered food and supplies
Order of battle during the Iran–Iraq War Order of battle during the Iran–Iraq War These are the orders of battle of the Iraqi and Iranian armies for the start of the Iran–Iraq War in 1980. The data is drawn from the Air Combat Information Group's Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf Database. Iraqi Armed Forces National Defense Battalions<br> 1st Army Corps (sector between Rawanduz and Marivan) 2nd Army Corps (sector between Qasre-e-Shirin, Ilam, and Mehran, armor deployed between Mehran and Dezful) 3rd Army Corps (HQ al-Qurnah, Iraq) (Sector between Dezful and Abadan) Iranian Armed Forces Peshmerga<br> "Units Garrisoned along the Iraqi Border" Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary