Iraq Air Force, Lockheed Martin and the F-16 dealnote

The Iraqi government is still confident that the Iraqi Air Force (IAF) will get a batch of F-16 fighter jets, as some Iraqi crews are said to have been already sent to the United States to get training on how to fly these jets. The following 351-word report focuses on the issue and tells under what conditions IAF will get such jets. It also tells what the Iraqis say about the position of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Lockheed Martin.