ARLINGTON, Va. — The new Iraqi air force opened the gates of its first air base and announced the “stand-up” of its first operational C-130 transport squadron Tuesday, the New Al ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. Iraq was one of the regional countries that temporarily ...

The first Iraqi air force instructor pilot to graduate from the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron at Tirkrit Air Base, Iraq, Lt. Col. Hamid Hussein, has flown his first official training ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soldiers disembark from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq in July 2023. A “small force” of American troops will ...

Iraqi Army Aviation Command (IAAC) has moved CH-5 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Ain al-Asad Air Base in the ...

Raytheon has marked the official turnover of its newly-installed ASR-11 Digital Airport Surveillance Radar and AutoTrac II RAPCON facilities with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq.

A still from a video released on 11 September 2022 shows Iraq's first Thales GM403 air surveillance radar. (Iraqi Ministry of Defence) Iraq's airspace has been frequently violated since the US ...

After the initial confrontation with Coalition air power in Operation Desert Storm, Saddam Hussein realized that Iraqi Air Force couldn't survive it for very long. He devised a desperate plan to ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called upon his country’s armed forces to help the Kurdish military battle a Sunni militant offensive in northern Iraq that has caused tens of ...

During the Iraq War, the Pentagon began offering service members extra days off to reconnect with their families. It was an acknowledgement that troops needed a break from repeated deployments and the ...