on 7 june 1981 , a flight of israeli air force f-16a fighter aircraft , with an escort of unk , bombed Attack and heavily damaged Damaging the `` osirak '' reactor .

the main target Aiming of the strike Attack was the tuwaitha nuclear research Research center near baghdad , which was the site of the osirak nuclear reactor that was attacked Attack by the iranian air force in 1980 and again by the israeli air force in 1981 , along with many other military sites across the city .