DefenceTalkLockheed Martin (LMT) delivered the first of 36 F-16 Block 52 aircraft to the Iraqi Air Force during a ceremony today at its Fort Worth facility. The Republic of Iraq’s first F-16 Fighting Falcon on display at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas, facility. Lockheed Martin is producing the F-16s under a contract from the U.S. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iraq-accepts-first-lockheed-martin-f-16-aircraft-59803/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin successfully completed the first flight of the inaugural F-16 Fighting Falcon for the Iraq Air Force. The jet is the first of 36 F-16 Block 52 aircraft on order through the U.S. Department of Defense for Iraq. With more than 4,540 F-16s delivered to date, the Foreign Military Sale to Iraq adds to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-iraqi-f-16-completes-first-flight-59522/

DefenceTalkIraq signed a $1.1 billion deal on Thursday to buy 24 multi-role light fighters from South Korea, as it seeks to build its fledgling air force amid rising violence. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) said it would deliver the T-50IQ, a variant of its T-50 supersonic aircraft, to Baghdad between 2015 and 2016, under the terms […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iraq-signs-1-1-bn-deal-to-buy-south-korean-fighter-jets-49931/