Iraq desperate for F-16s, but has no-one to fly them

http - July 3rd, 2014

Despite complaints by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that the United States has been slow in its delivery of F-16 fighter jets, no Iraqi pilot team has qualified to fly the aircraft in combat and none will be ready before mid-August, according to an official at the US-based program where the pilots are being trained

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