U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter over Iraq.TSGT Jack Braden, USAF
From The Air Force Times:
The Air Force’s future over Iraq could look a lot like operations Northern Watch and Southern Watch, the patrols U.S. fighters flew over Iraq between the end of Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
A new report by the think tank Rand Corp., “Withdrawing from Iraq,” predicts the Iraqi air force won’t be able to defend its nation’s skies until long after U.S. forces pull out of the country in 2011.
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My Comment: If the Iraqi Government wants an air force .... which I am sure they do .... the U.S. Air Force will need to maintain a regular presence in Iraq for the next decade. We at War News Updates have been saying this for the past years .... and it appears that the Rand Group are now also concurring with this opinion.
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