A senior Pentagon official said the remaining 7 of the 21 missing-in-action cases involved aircraft losses in which search efforts were still under way.
Iraq made no mention of any aircraft losses.
As of today, the United States has incurred 8 aircraft losses due to enemy fire.
Japanese aircraft losses were 7,830, including 2,655 to operational accidents.
The operation resulted in hundreds of aircraft losses on both sides.
Six's work there represented significant improvements over original routes which had seen aircraft losses due to weather.
The causes of a large number of aircraft losses were the same as for any other similar type.
An aircraft loss was an aircraft loss-the cause didn't matter.
During the course of the conflict, British aircraft losses included at least one plane crashed and two shot down.
Artillery fire and constant air raids had caused steady aircraft losses.