For example the Air Force has purchased some U.S. equipment such as UH-1 helicopters and C-130 transports. They have also contracted for Bell 407 scout helicopters which are similar to the OH-58D ...

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq - Away from the headlines and debate over the “surge” in U.S. ground troops, the Air Force has quietly built up its hardware inside Iraq, sharply stepped up bombing and ...

Iraqi Army | Iraqi Air ForceIraqi ArmyOverview:• The Iraqi Army has been in disarray following the Gulf War, suffering serious equipment loses, damage to production facilities and continuing ...

The 1991 Persian Gulf War dealt a death blow to the Iraqi air force. The U.S. destroyed many aircraft, sanctions hindered upkeep on the rest and no-fly zones grounded the country’s pilots for 13 ...

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – CAMP TAJI, Iraq-Staff Sgt. Kenneth Williams (right), the power train squad leader for Company B, 615th Aviation Support Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade ...

Yesterday I had the opportunity to participate in a DoD-sponsored Blogger's Roundtable with U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Wobbema, Chief of Staff for the Coalition Air Force Transition Team. His job?

1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Nazih al-Fahaed, commander of the 70th Squadron Iraqi Air Force, explains ...

But Iraq's tiny air force is about to get a bit bigger, C4ISR Journal reports: All the attention is on the army and police, right now. But Iraq's tiny air force is about to get a bit bigger, ...

The powerful B1-B bomber has been recalled to action over Iraq. The escalation worries some about an increase in "collateral damage," casualties among Iraqi civilians. Air Force generals worry ...

An official with the Iraqi air force corroborated the information, saying the helicopter's pilot and co-pilot were killed in the crash. Beiji, located 130 miles north of Baghdad, is home to Iraq's ...

AT A CAPTURED IRAQI AIR BASE -- The thing the returning Marine chopper pilots remembered most about Tikrit, the last bastion of Saddam Hussein's loyalists that fell Monday, was the abandoned ...