http://globalaviationreport.com/2014...-jets-in-iraq/
The arrival of Su-35 in Iraq shows that the tradition of deliveries of military hardware from Russia, something basic since the 1960ies (rule of General Abdel Karim Kassem) has now been resumed.
Sure, Iraq also takes over some General Dynamics F-16, but Iraq in the past also had Mirages in the inventory of its air-force
The officer corps of Iraq is from the times of between 1960 and 1990 and used to Russian fighter planes.
Amazing is to see that both the leader of the Ba'athist opposition in Iraq, Ibrahim el-Douri and the Assad Clan, which rules Syria, are also linked to Russia
The arrival of Su-35 in Iraq shows that the tradition of deliveries of military hardware from Russia, something basic since the 1960ies (rule of General Abdel Karim Kassem) has now been resumed.
Sure, Iraq also takes over some General Dynamics F-16, but Iraq in the past also had Mirages in the inventory of its air-force
The officer corps of Iraq is from the times of between 1960 and 1990 and used to Russian fighter planes.
Amazing is to see that both the leader of the Ba'athist opposition in Iraq, Ibrahim el-Douri and the Assad Clan, which rules Syria, are also linked to Russia