Iraq Army Aviation, plans to buy light attack helicoptersnote

Commander of the Iraqi Army Aviation Major-General Hamed Al-Maliki is said to have begun talking to Iraqi PM Haider Al-Abadi and the General Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces about a project to buy more light attack helicopters for the Iraqi Army Aviation in order to reinforce protection of the armored brigades in the ongoing battle of Mosul. The following 396-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells how many helicopters Major-General Al-Maliki intends to buy. [Partly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/48 – Nov. 25, 2016]