Iraq buys 18 F-16s from US
BBC:
Iraq has made the first payment in a deal to buy 18 US F-16 fighter jets worth a total of about $3bn (£1.9bn), the US state department has said.The planes, which are not expected to be delivered until next year, are to protect the country's air space.
...It is a start and gives hem a good shot at air superiority over Iran which has a patched together fleet of aircraft bought 40 years ago.
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