[LINK] "Iraqi Air Force Discovered!!!!!"
Aug. 31st, 2009 09:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldLawyers, Guns and Money's Robert Farley linked to an unusual article from The New York Times.
Farley thinks that these planes, which will "constitute the entirety of the fighter capability of the Iraqi Air Force," will play a useful role in that these MiGs could keep the Iraqi Air Force trained and active. And no, the one hundred-odd fighters flown to Iran during the Gulf War are very unlikely to be returned.
Iraqi officials have discovered that they may have an air force, after all.
The Defense Ministry revealed Sunday that it recently learned that Iraq owns 19 Russian-designed MIG-21 and MIG-23 jet fighters, which are in storage in Serbia. The ministry said Iraqi officials are negotiating with the Serbs to restore the aircraft.
The Serbian government has tentatively promised to make two of the aircraft available “for immediate use,” according to a press release from the ministry. The rest would be restored on a rush basis, the ministry said.
Farley thinks that these planes, which will "constitute the entirety of the fighter capability of the Iraqi Air Force," will play a useful role in that these MiGs could keep the Iraqi Air Force trained and active. And no, the one hundred-odd fighters flown to Iran during the Gulf War are very unlikely to be returned.
