Iraqi Air Force
Aerial warfare branch of Iraq's armed forces
Iraqi Air Force
The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF; Arabic: القوة الجوية العراقية, romanized: al-Qūwah al-jawwīyah al-ʻIrāqīyah) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It is responsible for the defense of Iraqi airspace as well as the policing of its international borders. The IQAF also acts as a support force for the Iraqi Navy and the Iraqi Army, which allows Iraq to rapidly deploy its military. It is headquartered in Baghdad. The current commander is Lt. Gen. Khalid Mirdas al-Tamimi. The Iraqi Air Force was founded in 1931, during British control of Iraq after the Allies’ defeat of the Ottomans in the First World War. The Iraqi Air Force initially had only a few pilots. The Iraqi Air Force operated mostly British aircraft until the 14 July Revolution in 1958, when the new Iraqi government began increased diplomatic and military relationships with the Soviet Union. The air force used both Soviet and British aircraft throughout the 1950s and 1960s. When Saddam Hussein came to power in...
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