Iraqi Flight Training

A ground support specialist of the Vertex Aerospace Corp assigned to the U.S. Air Force 52nd Expeditionary Flight Training Squadron directs a pilot maneuvering an Iraqi air force T-6A aircraft for taxi to the runway at the Al Sahra Air Base on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq, March 15. The 52nd EFTS will start teaching an 18 month advanced skills program to Iraqi air force pilots this week. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Michael Heckman

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeff Myer, operations officer and instructor pilot with the 52nd Expeditionary Flight Training Squadron conducts a preflight inspection of an Iraqi Air Force T-6A aircraft prior to a training readiness mission at the Al Sahra Air Base on Contingency Operating Base Speicher near Tikrit, Iraq, March 15. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Michael Heckman

A ground support specialist of the Vertex Aerospace Corp assigned to the U.S. Air Force 52nd Expeditionary Flight Training Squadron directs a pilot maneuvering an Iraqi air force T-6A aircraft for taxi to the runway at the Al Sahra Air Base on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq, March 15. The 52nd EFTS will start teaching an 18 month advanced skills program to Iraqi air force pilots this week. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Michael Heckman

Air Force Grooming Iraqi Helicopter Pilots

Air Force Maj. Jack Swinehart (left), 721st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron UH-1H pilot, oversees an Iraqi pilot performing aerial formation flying procedures here, Oct. 8. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Johnny Saldivar, U.S. Air Forces Central, Baghdad Media Outreach Team.

One-Time Enemies Become ‘Brothers’

Iraqi Air Force Col. Sami Saeed shakes hands with Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Iuliano during a brief ceremony at Contingency Operating Base Basrah, Sept. 14, 2009. The two officers flew on opposite sides of the Persian Gulf War in 1991, but have worked together in Operation Iraqi Freedom to strengthen the Iraqi Air Force. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Frank Vaughn.

U.S. Bolsters Iraqi Air Force Partnership

1st Air Cavalry Brigade Soldiers work closely with the Iraqi Air Force to build stronger bonds and help the IqAF with their maintenance systems and processes to keep aircraft mission capable. Photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski, 1st Cavalry Division.

Air Power

An Iraqi Air Force pilot performs a pre-flight check on a UH-1H Huey helicopter before going on a joint mission over Iraq at Forward Operating Base Diamondback in Mosul, Iraq, July 31. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez.

Airmen Teach Iraqis Aircraft Maintenance

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andrea Walton, 721st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, helps an Iraqi Air Force maintenance student use specialized tools to find microscopic cracks and flaws in aircraft parts during a training visit to the Army's NDI backshop at Camp Taji, July 13. Photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Keller, U.S. Air Forces Central Public Affairs.

Air Force Course Inspires Iraqi Officers

Air Force Lt. Col. Jeffrey Coggin (left) explains the concepts of the Defense Decision Support Course to Iraqi officers with the help of Mathus Remaden, a linguistic and cultural adviser, at Iraqi Ground Forces Command, Baghdad, July 19. Photo by Master Sgt. Michael Daigle, 114th Public Affairs Detachment.

Maintaining

An Iraqi Air Force maintainer waits to prepare an Iraqi Mi-171 helicopter prior to a mission at Taji Air Base, Iraq, July 15. Photo by Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller.

Flight Surgeons Train Iraqi Counterparts

Iraqi Air Force and Army members strap a person on a litter inside a UH1 Huey helicopter during the aero-medical evacuation class at New al-Muthana Air Base, Iraq, April 20, 2009. Photo by Senior Airman Jacqueline Romero.

Iraqi Exit

Iraqi Army Soldiers exit an Iraqi Air Force helicopter during a live-fire exercise in Maysan province, Iraq, April 19, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Creighton Holub.

Iraqi Troops Hear Lion’s Roar

An Iraqi Air Force utility helicopter takes off after inserting ground troops onto a mock battlefield during a combined-arms live-fire exercise in Iraq’s Maysan province, April 19, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Creighton Holub.

Night Flight

Ground and flight crews of the Iraqi Air Force's 2nd Squadron conduct final checks under moonlight in preparation for their first night-vision goggle certification flight on Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 8, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Neil Stanfield.