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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Iraq upgrading air force from Soviet-era fighters to U.S. F-16s

The Iraq Air Force is expected to nearly double its fleet by 2009.

Officials said Iraq has ordered helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft that could enable the air force to operate a fleet of more than 120 aircraft by the end of 2008.

Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul Qadar Mohammed Jassim his ministry was focusing on procuring the U.S.-origin F-16 multi-role fighter as the first attack aircraft in post-Saddam Iraq. Until the U.S. invasion of 2003, Iraq had operated Soviet-origin fighter-jets.

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