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Lockheed Martin delivers last of the F-16IQs to Iraq
May 09, 2019 - The last 9 of 36 F-16IQ block 52 aircraft arrived in Iraq on May 3. Having ordered its F-16IQs in two batches of 18 aircraft during 2011 and 2012, the Iraqi Air Force received its first one in late 2014. [Read more...]
Iraqi student pilot killed in F-16D crashed in Arizona
Sep 05, 2017 - An Iraqi student F-16 pilot was killed when an F-16 jet crashed during a training mission in southeastern Arizona, authorities said Wednesday. [Read more...]
Iraqi Air Force receives 4 more F-16s
Aug 08, 2016 - Iraq's Ministry of Defence announced it had received a further four F-16 block 52 aircraft from the US. The jets are part of a $2 billion sale of 36 such warplanes. [Read more...]
US approves $1.9 billion weapons deal for Iraqi F-16s
Jan 20, 2016 - The US government approved the probable sale to Iraq of smart bombs, AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles and other munitions for use on its fleet of 36 F-16 fighter jets in a deal valued at up to $1.95 billion, the US Defense Department announced on Wednesday. [Read more...]
Iraqi F-16s arrive at Balad AB
Jul 14, 2015 - The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced the delivery of the first four of thirty plus F-16s from the USA on Monday, The aircraft arrived at Balad Air Base, 45 miles North of Baghdad. [Read more...]
Iraqi Air Force F-16 crashed during night training mission
Jun 25, 2015 - An Iraqi F-16 assigned to the 162nd Wing, Arizona ANG, crashed sometime around 20.00h today, five miles east of Douglas Municipal Airport, while partaking in a night training mission. The Iraqi pilot, Brig. Gen. Rasid Mohammed Sidq, is believed to have been killed in this mishap. [Read more...]
Will F-16 delivery to Iraq boost ISIS fight?
Apr 23, 2015 - It seems that Iraq will at last be getting the first batch of F-16 fighter jets it ordered four years ago, its air force commander said Thursday. The jets should arrive in July and could immediately boost Iraq’s capabilities fight the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. [Read more...]
Iraqi F-16s being delivered to pilots training in Arizona
Nov 10, 2014 - Iraqi fighter pilots unable to train in their own country because of the Islamic State insurgency will soon be flying brand new Iraqi jets over the American Southwest, the Pentagon announced Monday. [Read more...]
Turkish F-16s perform recce flights over rebel-held Mosul
Jun 12, 2014 - Three Turkish F-16s out of Diyarbakır conducted reconnaissance flights on Sunday over the rebel-held Iraqi city of Mosul where 80 Turkish citizens have been held by an al-Qaeda breakaway group for almost a week. The F-16s were armed in the event of a possible attack. [Read more...]
First of 36 F-16s to be handed over to Iraq
Jun 05, 2014 - Today Lockheed Martin will deliver the first of 36 F-16s to Iraq, giving Iraq the capability of defending its "3.600km of borders" according to Iraqi Ambassador Lukman Faily. Baghdad's envoy traveled to Fort Worth for the ceremony at which Lockheed and the U.S. government will formally deliver the first F-16 to Iraq. [Read more...]
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