Mission Report Iraq 2023

Summary

Mission report record DOW-UAP-D020, released through the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office and declassified on 8 October 2025 by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff. The six-page narrative describes a two-ship flight of F-16CM fighters that launched from Prince Sultan Air Base on 19 March 2023 under Operation Inherent Resolve to conduct defensive counterair operations in the ESSA. After entering Iraqi and then Syrian airspace to check on station with KINGPIN, the flight observed multiple possible UAPs at 2302Z. The aircraft exited the airspace and landed back at base. The report lists the 77 EFS as the originating unit with the 609th Operations Center and AFCENT.