MD-530MG (Iraqi Army Aviation Command)
قيادة طيران الجيش العراقي

MD-530MG
Operator: No. 21 Squadron
Location: Al Sahra Air Base (Iraq)
Timeframe: 1996
Loadout: Scout
- 2x Rocket pods

Personal interest:
This model represents an Iraqi MD-530MG used by the Iraqi Army Aviation Command during my service in Operation Southern Watch. The Iraqis primary used helicopters to violate the no-fly zones because it was relatively easy to land them before interceptors could arrive to destroy them in flight. Helicopters were also particularly effective against the anti-regime Kurdish and Shi'ite militias targeted by Iraqi forces.