U.S. forces arrest Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti, no. 17 on most wanted list (Reuters)

GREAT! Now we can find out where they hid their air force.

arrest? wasn't he the guy we paid off to ground their air force (money well spent mind you).

fyi..

i believe australian special forces found most of them already, I recall there being a story on this.

How many are accounted for now, 50 %?

Iraq had an Air Force?!

yes, they did, on the ground at least:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/895827/posts

they have a navy too. You need a glass bottomed boat to find it.

A military aircraft doesnt need:

1. Airspace above it
2. Runway behind it
3. Fuel left on the truck after takeoff.

It's an old joke, but appropriate here: What are the last five words an Iraqi fighter pilot wants to hear? "You are cleared for takeoff."

FYI

Iraq had an Air Force?!

Yes....a few matel toy planes.

This makes how many now?

Iraq had an Air Force?!

Yes they did. Its parts are now for sale.

Recent additions:
6/14/03 - Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti
Commander of the Iraqi Air Force

Recent additions:
6/10/03 - Latif Nusayyif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi
Revolutionary Command Council member, Central Ba'ath Party member, and Deputy Secretary of the Ba'ath Military Bureau

6/10/03 - Brigadier General Husayn al-Awadi
Ba'ath Party Regional Chair, Ninawa and a Brigadier General in the Chemical Corps.
[one of three with no playing card]

Note: Centcom's count is short by one: U.S. Army's V Corps headquarters said Mizban Khadr Hadi, ... was captured Thursday [5/01/03] in the area of Baghdad controlled by the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division.
Also, I am choosing to CONTINUE calling Chemical Ali dead, until he is PROVEN otherwise.

Iraq's 55 22 Most Wanted Scoreboard - - and Freeper additions See the DOD website for photos. Note their joker card has an Iraqi SURNAME explanation (Revised: 6/14pm)
	Name	Position	Status
	Saddam Hussein	President of Iraq/CINC of Military	Possibly Dead
	Qusay Hussein	SSO, SRG & RGFC Commander	Possibly Dead
	Uday Hussein	Saddam Fedayeen Commander [the older "crazy rapist" son]	Possibly Dead
	Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti	Presidential Secretary (WMD Release Authority)	At large**
	Ali Hasan al-Majid [aka: "Chemical Ali"]	Pres. Advisor, Fmr South Reg Cmdr	Believed DEAD [one report early June said he was still alive]
	Izzat IBRAHIM al-Duri	Vice Chair of the RCC, North Reg Cmdr	At large**
	Hani Abd Latif Tilfa al-Tikriti	SSO Director	At large**
	Aziz Salih al-Numan	BP Regional Cmdr/Cmdr BP Militia Reg Cmd	Captured 5/22/03 [Reports of his death were bogus]
	Muhammad Hamza al-ZUBAYDI [aka Saddam's "Shiite Thug"]	Central Euphrates Reg Cmdr "One of Saddam's most ruthless war criminals" -Clinton Admin	Captured 4/21/03
	Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti	RG Secretary General	In Custody 5/17/03
	Barzan Abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti	SRG Commander	At large**
	Muzahim Sa'b Hasan al-Tikriti	Air Defense Force Commander	Captured 4/23/03
	Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar Muhammad al-Tikriti	Armed Forces Chief of Staff	Captured 5/12/03
	Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hassan Taha al-Rawi	RGFC Chief	At large** [or maybe dead? see note2]
	Rafi Abd Latif al Tilfah	DGS Director	At large
	Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti	IIS Director	At large**
	Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti	Air Force Commander	Captured 6/14/03
	Latif Nussayif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi	Dep Chmn Baath Party	Captured 6/10/03
	Abd al Tawab Mullah Huwaysh	OMI Director (WMD Production)	Captured 5/02/03
	Taha Yasin RAMADAN al-Jizrawi	Vice President	At large
	Rukan Razuki abd al-Ghafar al-Majid Sulayman al-Tikriti	Chief of Tribal Affairs	At large
	Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti	Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs [Saddam's son-in-law]	In Custody 4/20/03
	Mizban Khadr Hadi	RCC Member, Reg CDR Central Euphrates Region	Captured 5/01/03..
	Taha Muhyi al-Din MARUF	Vice President and RCC Member	Captured 5/02/03
	Tariq Mikhail AZIZ	Deputy Prime Minister	In Custody 4/24/03
	Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti	Governor of Basrah Governate	In Custody 4/29/03
	Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi	Dep Prime Minister, Economics & Finance Min.	Captured 4/19/03
	Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai	Minister of Defense	At large
	Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad	Minister of the Interior	At large
	Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi	Al Quds Force Chief of Staff	Captured 6/05/03
	Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib	DMI Director	Captured 4/23/03
	Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi	Presidential Scientific Adviser/NMD Dir Gen [chemical and biological programs]	In Custody 4/12/03
	Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi	Former Oil Minister [aka "Missle Man" married to "Dr. Germ"]	In Custody 4/28/03
	Husam Muhammad AMIN al-Yasin	National Monitoring Director	Captured 4/27/03
	Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih	Minister of Trade	Captured 4/23/03
	Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Baath Party, Saddam Maternal Half Brother	At large **
	Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Baath Party, Saddam Half Brother	Captured 4/13/03
	Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Baath Party, Saddam Half Brother	Captured 4/16/03
	Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash	Party Youth & Trade Bureau Chairman	In Custody 5/05/03
	Abd al-Baqi abd al-Karim Abdallah al-Sadun	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Baghdad	At large
	Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ta'mim & Ninawa Gov	At large
	Samir abd al-Aziz al-Najim	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Diyal Gov.	Captured 4/17/03
	Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur	Min of Higher Education & Scientific Research	Captured 4/20/03
	Yahya Abdallah al-Ubaydi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Basrah Gov.	At large
	Sa'd Abd al-Majid al-Faysal	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Salah ad Din Gov.	Captured 5/27/03
	Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Muthanna Gov.	Captured 5/27/03
	Fadil Mahmud Gharib (aka: Gharib Muhammad Fazel) al-Mashaikh	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Babil/Karbala Gov.	Captured 5/13/03
	Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Qadasiyah Gov.	At large
	Rashid Taan Kazim	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Anbar Governate	At large
	Ugla Abid Saqr al-Kubaysi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Maysan Governate	In Custody 5/20/03
	Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Wasit Gov.	In Custody 5/07/03
	Adil Abdallah Mahdi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Dhi Qar Governate	Captured 5/15/03
	Nayif Shindakh Thamir	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Governate	At large
	Husayn Al Awadi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ninawa Governate	Captured 6/10/03
	Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Karbala Governate	At large
- - - Freeper Additions - - -
	Farouk Hijazi	#3 in Mukhabarat Iraqi intelligence ["biggest fish so far" -CIA]	Captured 4/25/03
	["unnamed associate of"] Abu Musab Zarqawi	a leading Al Qaeda operative	Captured 4/29/03
	Abu Abbas	Convicted Terrorist/Murderer - Leader Palestine Liberation Front	Captured 4/15/03
	Ahmed Walid Raguib al-Baz	Terrorist - 1st Lieutenant Palestine Liberation Front	Killed 3/20/03
	Khala Khadr Al-Salahat	Member of the Abul Nidal terrorist organization	In Custody 4/18/03
	Abdul Rahman Yasin	Indicted fugitive from 1993 WTC bombing, $25 Million reward	At large
	Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-Ani	former Iraq Consul, met with Mohammed Atta in Prague shortly before 9/11	At large
	Ali Hussein Habib	Iraqi airforce general	Killed by the regime ~3/20/03
	Khaled Abdallah	a senior official of Saddam's Mukhabarat secret police	In Custody 4/20/03
	Major Khalid Hmood	Head of Iraqi intelligence during the war and one of Saddam's top bodyguards,	In Custody 4/20/03
	Salim Sa'id Khalaf al-Jumayli	former Chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service American Desk	Captured 4/23/03
	"Son of Ham" [apple falls close to the tree]	Son of Hamza (Q-of-Spades - one of Saddam's most ruthless war criminals)	Captured 4/21/03
	Luay Khayrallaha [Saddam's brother-in-law]	#152 on the top 200 most-wanted list. Iraqi intelligence and security leader	Captured 5/19/03
	Mulhana Hamood Abdul Jabar [Saddam's brother-in-law]	caught with $300,000, three AK-47 rifles, and a rocket-propelled grenade	Captured 5/25/03
	Jaffar al-Jaffer	physicist & father of Iraq's nuclear WMD program	In Custody 4/13/03
	Imad Husayn Abdallah al-Ani	former VX nerve agent developer	In Custody 4/18/03
	Rihab Taha [aka "Dr. Germ"]	architect of Iraq's bio WMD program	In Custody 5/12/03
	Mohammed Saeed Kazim al-Sahaf [aka: "Comical Ali"] [aka: "Baghdad Bob"]	Minister of Information [wanted for DNC spokesperson]	On Administrative Leave [reportedly FOUND?]
	** These ~~nine~~ seven fugitives were reportedly hiding in Syria Note2: Also, Al-Rawi (J-of-spades) was reported by an Islamic newspaper as murdered by Saddam and Qusay on 4/08/03... one day after the bombing of Saddam at the restaurant. If someone else updates this list, please bump the revision at the top and ping FL_Engineer You can click here to see if there is a pointer to a newer revision.

UPDATED here - Iraq's 55 22 Most Wanted Scoreboard

Thanks for doing a great job with the list!

Iraq had an Air Force?!

Yep, however they were very "aloft" challenged.

They did although fly a Mig 25 into Saudi Arabia airspace just before the liberation started. The Mig 25 "Foxbat" is a mach 3 Russian fighter...mach 3 for about 30 seconds until the fuel is depleted anyway!

Thanks for the ping!