Iraq receives 4 Russian combat aircraft
Four new Russian-made aircraft in the framework of a contract that had been previously signed with Moscow arrived in Iraq, the country’s Air Force commander General Hamid Al-Maliki announced yesterday. Al-Maliki said in a press release: “Today we have received four Russian-made combat aircraft, in accordance with an earlier contract signed by Iraq with Moscow.” […]The Middle East Monitor reports:
Four new Russian-made aircraft in the framework of a contract that had been previously signed with Moscow arrived in Iraq, the country’s Air Force commander General Hamid Al-Maliki announced yesterday.
Al-Maliki said in a press release: “Today we have received four Russian-made combat aircraft, in accordance with an earlier contract signed by Iraq with Moscow.”
“These aircraft will join the Iraqi aircraft fleet to enter the battle against Daesh in two weeks,” he added.
Iraq suffers a lack of fighter aircraft, which are used to provide air support for ground forces involved in battles against Daesh in the provinces of Saladin, Kirkuk and Anbar.
