In what country did Saddam Hussein hide his air force?

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Iran "The first week of the air war saw a few Iraqi sorties, but these did little damage, and 38 Iraqi MiGs were shot down by Coalition planes. Soon after, the Iraqi Air Force began fleeing to Iran, with 115 to 140 aircraft flown there.[42] This mass exodus of Iraqi aircraft took coalition forces by surprise as the Coalition had been expecting them to flee to Jordan, a nation friendly to Iraq, rather than Iran, a long-time enemy. As a purpose of the war was to weaken Iraq militarily, the coalition had placed aircraft over western Iraq to try to stop any retreat into Jordan. This meant they were unable to react before most of the Iraqi aircraft had made it "safely" to Iranian airbases. The coalition eventually established a virtual "wall" of F-15 Eagle, F-14 Tomcat fighters and F-16 Fighting Falcons on the Iraq-Iran border (called MIGCAP), thereby stopping the exodus of fleeing Iraqi fighters." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War Aug 31 09, 8:11 AM

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According to today's newspaper Saddam Hussein also placed part of his air force in another country. These planes were recently "found", and had been placed there in the 1980s. Aug 31 09, 9:37 AM

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The Iraqi Defense Ministry revealed Sunday that it had recently learned that Iraq owns 19 MIG-21 and MIG-23 jet fighters, which are in storage in Serbia. Ministry officials are negotiating with the Serbs to restore and return the aircraft. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/world/middleeast/31iraq.html?_r=1 Sep 01 09, 10:02 AM