US foreign military sales to ratify the deal to Iraq worth $ 181 million

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US foreign military sales to ratify the deal to Iraq worth $ 181 million

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US foreign military sales to ratify the deal to Iraq worth $ 181 million

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Editor: the AT 16/6/2016 15:45 Number ofViews: 125

[rtl]Long-Presse / Baghdad[/rtl]

[rtl]Ratified by the US State Department on Thursday, military sales to Iraq worth $ 181 million, and pointed out that the contract includes aircraft maintenance, (AC-208) and equipped with spare parts and equipment chock, it confirmed that the purpose of the contract is to reach the air force Iraq to "stage-sufficiency self. "[/rtl]
The agency said the military security cooperation at the Ministry of Defence Secretary, (the Pentagon), in a statement, I followed (the long-Presse), said that "the US State Department, approved today on a foreign military sales deal for Iraq worth $ 181 million related to the maintenance of aircraft (AC-208) fighter light, equipped with spare parts and equipment market is chock other as well as the engineering training services. "
The statement added, "The new deal would allow the Iraqi air force, continue to conduct fleet of eight aircraft of the type (AC- 208), offensive light until after the end of the current contract, which expires this month."
The statement pointed out, that "the objective of this deal is that the Iraqi air force to become self-sufficient in the field of aircraft maintenance with logistical training there will be no difficulty absorbing this support for Iraq."
Baghdad had asked the Foreign-running sale of five-year deal to maintain and sustain the fleet of fighter jets of the model (AC / RC- 208), which includes the deal, operational maintenance with repair holidays and provision of spare parts, repair and maintenance of aircraft main components with engineering services, as well as training Iraqi staff on maintenance while providing logistical equipment for aircraft.
The plane (AC- 208) known aircraft, "Cessna 208 Caravan" of the light combat aircraft that could be armed with missiles Hellfire, which also has the capabilities of reconnaissance and aerial surveying tasks while providing intelligence.

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