Close air support, interdiction, resupply of hill posts and helicopter troop lift for the Sultan’s Armed Forces against the DLF, PFLOAG and PFLO insurgency.

The war began on 9 June 1965, before Oman had any combat aircraft. Strikemasters ordered in 1967 arrived in summer 1969 and, according to Wikipedia, flew their first strikes in October 1969. Agusta-Bell helicopters from 1971 and eight Skyvans kept isolated posts supplied, and in April 1972 helicopters dropped supplies into Sarfayt during Operation Simba (Small Wars Journal). Iran sent a task force with its own helicopters, and Orient XXI reports Iranian Phantoms by the end of 1973; an RAF Wessex flight operated from Salalah. When the rebels introduced SA-7 missiles in 1975, Wikipedia says the newly arrived ex-Jordanian Hunters proved less vulnerable than the Strikemasters, and that the rebels’ premature use of the missile cost them surprise.

结果 The rebellion was formally declared defeated in January 1976, with isolated incidents until 1979.

Casualty totals come from a single secondary compilation (ACIG via Wikipedia) and the insurgent claims are unverified; no Omani official loss figures were found.

为……飞行

Sultan of Oman’s Air Force

在哪里

Dhofar, southern Oman, and the border with South Yemen

旁边

United Kingdom, Iran and Jordan

反对

DLF / PFLOAG / PFLO and South Yemen (support to the rebels)

飞机

BAC Strikemaster, 霍克·亨特, Shorts Skyvan, Agusta-Bell 205, DHC-4 Caribou

出击

—No consolidated SOAF sortie figure was found in the sources checked.

损失

3架飞机Three Strikemasters shot down, one allegedly by an SA-7 (Wikipedia citing Watkins 2023). The PFLO claimed 25 aircraft and helicopters shot down in 1975 (Orient XXI); that claim is not corroborated. Wikipedia, citing ACIG, gives government forces 187 killed and 559 wounded and British forces 24 killed for the whole war; SOAF aircrew losses are not broken out.

来源

维基百科 · 维基百科 · Orient XXI · Small Wars Journal

Strikemasters strafed the attacking PFLOAG force and helicopters landed SAS reinforcements.

Mirbat was attacked during the monsoon, when low cloud was expected to keep aircraft away. The Strikemasters came anyway, flying low-altitude runs beneath the cloud base with machine guns and light rockets because the ceiling ruled out heavier weapons. About 300 insurgents were attacking, according to Wikipedia’s Strikemaster article.

结果 The attack on 19 July 1972 was repulsed with heavy insurgent losses.

Insurgent casualty figures are estimates and vary widely.

为……飞行

Sultan of Oman’s Air Force

在哪里

Mirbat, Dhofar

旁边

United Kingdom (SAS)

反对

PFLOAG

飞机

BAC Strikemaster, helicopters

出击

—Wikipedia’s Strikemaster article says four Strikemasters took part; individual sorties not published.

损失

0 架飞机One Strikemaster was damaged by ground fire and returned to base (Wikipedia). On the ground, two SAS soldiers and two gendarmes were killed; 38 PFLOAG bodies were recovered and estimates of insurgent dead range from about 80 to 200 (Wikipedia).

来源

维基百科 · 维基百科 · 维基百科

Oman was part of the coalition; an Omani air combat role is not documented in the sources checked.

Wikipedia’s coalition article says Oman contributed about 6,300 personnel, but neither it nor the air campaign article records Omani combat sorties. The entry is kept because Oman was a belligerent; whether RAFO Jaguars or Hunters flew operationally is unverified.

结果 Iraq was expelled from Kuwait in February 1991.

Omani participation in the air war is unverified.

为……飞行

Royal Air Force of Oman

在哪里

Arabian Peninsula

旁边

Coalition of the Gulf War

反对

伊拉克

出击

—Not found: Oman does not appear in Wikipedia’s Gulf War air campaign tables.

损失

No Omani aircraft losses found in the sources checked.

来源

维基百科 · 维基百科

Interception of drones over Omani territory; Oman was not a party to the war.

Muscat Daily, quoting security sources, reported one drone intercepted at Duqm on 1 March, two over Dhofar on 3 March and drones north of Duqm on 11 March, and attacks on Salalah port on 11 and 28 March. The articles do not name the intercepting service. Wikipedia’s compilation credits RAFO with intercepts including one over Khasab on 12 March and counts at least 19 drones intercepted. Iran’s general staff denied ordering strikes on Omani territory, Foreign Minister Araghchi said attacks were not Iran’s choice, and on 20 March Iran’s supreme leader called them Israeli false-flag operations, per the same compilation. Oman condemned the attacks without publicly attributing them.

结果 A US-Iran ceasefire was in its sixth day on 4 August 2026 (TWZ); Oman and Iran were negotiating traffic arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz.

Attribution of the attacks and of the interceptions rests on unnamed security sources and secondary compilations; the war was still unresolved in September 2026.

为……飞行

Royal Air Force of Oman and other Omani forces

在哪里

Duqm, Dhofar, Musandam and Sohar

旁边

没有盟军空军

损失

No RAFO losses reported in the sources checked. Civilian deaths in Oman and its waters are compiled by Wikipedia from several media reports; figures for individual incidents differ (for the tanker Skylight on 1 March, Wikipedia gives three killed and four injured, while Muscat Daily reported four injured and all 20 crew evacuated).

来源

Muscat Daily · Muscat Daily · Muscat Daily · 维基百科 · Gulf Times · TWZ · 维基百科 · Muscat Daily