U.S. To Sell 18 F-16s to Iraq: Pentagon -- Defense NewsWASHINGTON - The United States is "very close" to selling some 18 F-16 fighter jets to Iraq, a top Pentagon official announced September 14.
Iraq had frozen the $4.2 billion deal earlier this year amid the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings, but the prospects were "promising" for the contract to now move ahead, Gen. Russ Handy, head of the U.S. Air Force in Iraq, said.
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My Comment: This rebuilding of the Iraqi air force is going to take time.
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