Pentagon: F-16s would be sent to the state of Arizona, to train Iraqis before being delivered to Baghdad
Pentagon: F-16s would be sent to the state of Arizona, to train Iraqis before being delivered to Baghdad
11/11/2014 06:55 GMT
Follow-up – and babysit – The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) The Iraqi F-16s delivered by delayed because of security concerns will be sent to Arizona as of December so that the Iraqi pilots trained there used to maintain their skills after completing their initial training.
The ministry added that it will be the first of three F-16 fighter jets delivered in December that are then sent an extra plane there every month until May, bringing the number to eight.
Requests Baghdad 36 fighter aircraft produced by Lockheed Martin that. But the first shipments, which was scheduled to be sent to Balad Air Base in Iraq, was delayed because of security concerns after the organization of the Islamic State swept large areas in the north west of the country.
Because of security concerns necessitate the withdrawal of the contractors who were preparing the base for the arrival of F-16 fighter jets before the completion of their work.
A spokesman for the Pentagon’s “Iraqi pilots will fly the Iraqi aircraft in Tucson (Arizona) in January.”
The US Air Force said that 24 Iraqi pilots in various stages of training on the F-16 fighter jets in the United States.
He added that among those 14 pilots are trained on the F-16 fighter jets with 162 Wing Air National Guard of Arizona in Tucson International Airport. Four of the pilots training and waiting on the F-16 fighter jets with six others to attend the session to learn the language.
A spokeswoman for the US Air Force said that since the case that the security situation in Iraq without sending aircraft to the base country, US officials decided to allow fighters requested by Baghdad, Iraqi pilots in Tucson to help them keep their skills after Altdreb.a / h
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