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Iraq is negotiating with several countries for the purchase of fighter jets
31/12/2012 20:26
Works to diversify sources of processing power air
BAGHDAD - morning
revealed the leadership of the Air Force for the presence of advanced negotiations with a number of internationally known their advancement in the field of industry fighter jets to strike deals to equip the Iraqi air force by to add to the aircraft deal the F16 U.S..
stressed the Force Commander Air first team corner pilot Anwar Hama Amin's "Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network: the existence of negotiations in this regard, sending committees to several countries known in this area to diversify import sources fighter aircraft also has a delegation representing the state advanced in Iraq to negotiate a deal new aircraft,
adding that he will be disclosed if the announcement of the final agreement with them.
said Amin: that these negotiations aim to diversify sources of arming the Air Force from countries advanced global and well-known capabilities of technical and technological as well as technical matters other. "
and the commander of the Air Force: that the deal processing aircraft F16 U.S. continues on schedule agreed between both Iraq and the U.S. and remains no change and efforts are underway by measures decade in terms of training of pilots and technicians and complete the infrastructure at the base chosen where will enter into force with receipt of the first batch of aircraft in 2014.
concluded Baghdad with Washington a contract to import 18 aircraft F16 that caused 18 aircraft other holding another initial agreement was it from the American side by more than five months.
being four Iraqi pilots training Mkthagh in the United States to lead the aircraft F16, one of the advanced aircraft on Arabian Gulf Region while being 350 of technicians technical training for the same purpose in it.
monitored Iraqi government last year's budget doubling to buy 36 aircraft of type F16 and confirmed in September to pay the first installment of the purchase price to the United States.
while Iraq has signed a contract to buy 24 L159 aircraft from the Czech Republic, in addition to the four planes of the same model will be given to Iraq for free and will be delivered within seven months.
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