The F-15E safely evaded the missile. There was no damage to coalition aircraft. Damage to Iraqi forces is currently being assessed. All four incidents happened in the vicinity of Mosul. Coalition forces assigned to Operation Northern Watch also monitored an Iraqi aircraft violation of the northern no-fly zone earlier that same morning.
Indications are that the missile scored a direct hit on the site.
Subsequently, other patrolling aircraft were illuminated by additional Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery and missile systems. Damage to Iraqi forces is currently being assessed. There was no damage to coalition aircraft and all returned safely to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The incident occurred north of the city of Basrah in the southern no-fly zone. The operation involved coalition aircraft operating from land and sea bases in the U. S. Central Command area of responsibility.