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Fox News: Iraqi aircraft F16 will not work until 2016, although Washington has received soon
4/26/2015
Iraqis finally got on the promise of an American fighter jets receipt batch type "F-16" for use in their war against al "Daash", and the temptation for the US administration at this time, questions about how the Iraqis could run and runs?
Iraq bought 18 fighter aircraft, US-made in 2011 in the amount of three billion dollars, and returned to buy another 18 aircraft and pay a premium of about another $ 830 million during the past two years to become a total warplanes now purchased 36 aircraft, according to American officials.
Col. Steven Warren, a Pentagon spokesman said, "Iraqi pilots trained fighter plane in the rules of the United States Air including Davis Monthan Base in Arizona and six pilots others trained in other rules, and will be the first batch of pilots ready to fly a plane F - 16 by early next summer because aircraft will be handed over to Iraq this summer and number 10 aircraft only. "
Asked FOX NEWS News Network, about the readiness of the Iraqi side of the leadership of this plane. Speaking in this regard, a group of specialists military experts in the field of the US Air Force, including a retired pilot Pierre Sperry, defense analyst and assistant in the design of the main form of aircraft since 1970, saying "training on this plane is hard because it needs an intelligent and intuitive and capable pilot maneuver quickly and take bold decisions. "
It was hoped that Iraq receives aircraft from Arizona in November of 2014, but the security situation prevented it, so I decided to US Department of Defense aircraft delivery Iraq from the state in Tucson next May, according to the plan prepared by the Pentagon.
This plan includes the training of Iraqi pilots on aircraft of this period to be able to be used according to the US Department of Defense.
Against the backdrop of this plan, prepared by the US Department of Defense, the Iraqis feel very frustrated, especially they are talking about the lack of coordination on handed over the aircraft, and this is what he referred to the commander of Air Force Lt. Gen. Anwar Hamad Amin said in a statement in which he said that "the timetable for delivery of the aircraft is not clear, It is hoped that the aircraft arrive in Iraq in the next 12 July with its pilots and its functions begin immediately. "
It was not possible to network FOX NEWS sure of this statement by the US embassy in Baghdad.
He says military expert Sperry that "confusion about the date of delivery of the aircraft to their owners would hurt greatly in their fight al Daash, but there is a problem which is to hand over Iraq to the aircraft without the readiness of pilots who are in the United States will create more losses do not bring victories."
The Pentagon did not comment on the readiness of Iraqi pilots in terms of their fitness, also did not respond to questions about whether these aircraft will be used to hit the jihadists organization sites or on the same sectarian and ethnic differences areas.
The Iraqi army has been battling militants "Daash" in several Iraqi cities with the help of US air strikes, investigators recently gains task such as editing Tikrit city with the help of the Shiite popular forces backed by Iran and strikes US air, but it is still struggling to regain control of the city of Ramadi and areas of strategy the other in the country.
Iraqi army does not depend on the Iraqi air force seen by the United States as gaunt and still dependent on US planes to carry out air strikes to flush out militants "Daash" north and west of the country.
Winslow Wheeler, unmanned American, spoke cautiously about the inability to Iraqis in the operation of these aircraft and the use of force against the militants, "Daash", due to their lack of experience in dealing with such aircraft in particular it is of high and very sensitive to the speed can be reluctant Iraqi pilot during use, not to mention the lack of the presence of logistical support her because she always need maintenance, monitoring, and base a private launch, and these qualities are not present in Iraq so far.
Tyler Rockaway did not agree with the former pilot, retired Wheeler, said in this regard, "even though the plane limited load it is a good tool for internal use, such as counter-insurgency operations, surveillance and air defense and reduce potential threats on the outskirts of the capital, Baghdad, by gunmen Daash."
According to the defense aircraft industry site, issued in November last year, it No one knows whether the Iraqi pilots are willing to use these warplanes or not? Or she will remain in the runway without the use of, but the United States will work to deliver these aircraft to Iraq and the issue of participation Iraqi special order. "
There are other obstacles to impede the flight of "F-16" plane in the air, the issue is not only the flight of aircraft by air, but the country needs a system to monitor the movement radar and human capacity to command and control Iraqi watchtowers, to connect the contact pilots system.
The most important thing creating a good and appropriate take-off pads for the aircraft as well as providing a sophisticated team of periodic maintenance, not to mention the necessity of training Iraqi team bears the Iraqi environment, which is often seen a significant rise in temperature.
The United States also have to prepare local efforts to follow up the work and the activity of the aircraft, and this needs to be a long time and perhaps the end of this year, it is through these obstacles can say that Iraq will not be able to impose a national air sovereignty by 2016.
And across Sperry fears of an aircraft with hands error, questioning the time himself, from the inability of the organization "Daash" on the fly such aircraft if it happened in their hand, but it means the loss of which is equal to billions and wasting money and technology, it can, however, anyone else is given the instability of the security situation
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