Iraqi Air Force, F-16 and Mirage 2000-9 – Update 2note

The US embassy in Baghdad is said to have informed the Iraqi Defence Ministry of the possibility of beginning delivering the 18 F-16 fighter jets on order to the Iraq Air Force (IAF). The following 380-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells when the first delivery is expected to take place. It also tells what about the Iraqi-French contacts on the Mirage 2000-9.