Editing SEPECAT Jaguar (section)

====1990 Gulf War====
[[File:JaguarGR1 41Sqn Gulf1991.jpeg|thumb|An RAF Jaguar from No. 41 Squadron deployed to [[RAFO Thumrait]], in the Middle East, taking off to participate in ''Desert Shield''.]]

Following the Iraqi [[invasion of Kuwait]], on 9&nbsp;August&nbsp;1990 the British government assigned an initial 12 Jaguar GR1A and 12 Tornado F3 aircraft to the Middle East in [[Operation Granby]],<ref>Donald and Chant 2001, p. 32.</ref> these aircraft operated from bases in [[Oman]] and [[Bahrain]].<ref>Donald and Chant 2001, p. 33.</ref> On 23&nbsp;August&nbsp;1990, a squadron of Tornado GR1 interdictors were dispatched to the region as well, but the Tornado GR1 was difficult to keep operational in the high temperatures.<ref name="D&C 34"/> [[Blackburn Buccaneer]]s were dispatched in January 1991 to act as laser designators for the ground strike aircraft.<ref name = 'D&C 35'>Donald and Chant 2001, p. 35.</ref> The RAF's Jaguars gained several new weapons during the Persian Gulf War, including [[CRV7]] high-velocity rockets and American [[CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition|CBU-87]] [[cluster bomb]]s which were used because the RAF's existing [[BL755]] bombs were designed for low-level release, and therefore unsuitable for higher-altitude operations common over the Persian Gulf.<ref name="WAPJ11 p63-6"/> The RAF's detachment of 12 Jaguars flew 612 combat sorties, with no aircraft being lost.<ref name="WAPJ11 p93"/> ''XZ364'' "Sadman" flew 47 missions; the highest number of missions of any aircraft.<ref>Bowman 2007, p. 162.</ref>