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Iraq Receives First Fighter Jets From "Our Russian Friends"
Having offered "complete support" for Iraq's embattled PM Maliki, the troubled nation receives its first shipment of "America deluded us" Russian fighter jets. As RT reports, the Iraqi Ministry of Defense on Sunday confirmed receiving five Su-25 fighter jets in accordance with the deal with Moscow. Iraqi Army Lieutenant General Anwar Hamad Amen Ahmed explained, "our Russian friends have also sent their own experts to assist us in preparing the aircraft. All the logistics have been planned for as well." The proxy war continues...
The first delivery of Russian Sukhoi fighter jets arrived in Iraq on Saturday, the country’s Defense Ministry said. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is hoping the jets will make a key difference in the fight against ISIS.
The Iraqi Ministry of Defense on Sunday confirmed receiving five Su-25 fighter jets in accordance with the deal with Moscow. The jets were delivered by a Russian An-124 transport plane in a dismantled state, and are expected to be set up and become operational within 3-4 days.
“The Sukhoi Su-25 is an air-ground support and anti-terrorism mission aircraft. In these difficult times, we are in great need of such aircraft. With God’s help, we will be able to deploy them to support our ground forces on a mission against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant militants within the next 3-4 days,” Iraqi Army Lieutenant General Anwar Hamad Amen Ahmed told RT’s Ruptly news agency at an airport receiving the jets.
According to Ahmed, Iraq will wage a “massive attack” on insurgents with the help of the jets.
“We have experienced pilots and other professionals. Our Russian friends have also sent their own experts to assist us in preparing the aircraft. All the logistics have been planned for as well,” the lieutenant general said.
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At the same time, Maliki criticized the US for taking too long to deliver on its own contract after Iraq purchased F-16 jets from America.
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12 Pilots? No, really, how many trained pilots? Tech, HIGH tech, is not their strong point. IF you are educated you leave!
They have 300 retired Syrian pilots who have volunteered and want some payback. I bet loads of Russians would volunteer as well. High tech? Oh like the spy ware crap made in Silicon Valley. Or Boeing planes that disappear? OR cowardly Americans who allow their country to be taken over? Go back to sleep.
Iran transfers 88 Russian Sukhoi fighter planes to Iraqor should that read returned old planes from gulf war 1.
anyway should be handy for killin the hollywood actors called isis on the ground in iraq for a while at least.
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/iran-transfers-88-russian-sukhoi-fight...
The Sukhoi SU-25 is a nice plane. Oldie but Goldie.
Economical & effective.
The US has just given any influence it may have had in Iraq over to the Russians and Iranians.
Did any US oil companies have contracts in Iraq? If so, those contracts are gone. Russia is slowly, deliberately constructing a world energy monopoly.
People that sit on vast indefensible flammable petro assets shoudn't fund fascist jihadis
Fuck the insurgents, I'd hit the impossible to defend oil assets in Kurdistan and all their refineries, no fuel no convoy, no ISIS, maybe even hit Kuwait and Saudi Arabia too just to teach the pricks a lesson for funding insurgents.
"people that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"
Just waiting for US Special Advisors on the ground to call in Russian planes for air strikes against ISIS fighters using captured US vehicles and weapons.
good
Damn ingrates. Don't they like the two Cessnas we left them with?