Twenty-One Month Training Mission Comes To A Close
"Iraqi air power starts here," are the words written above the
doorway of the Iraqi air force's Squadron 203, a T-6A Texan II
flight training squadron at Tikrit Air Base, Iraq. The words ring
true, in part, because of the efforts of the U.S. Air Force's 52nd
Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, which flew its last Iraqi
training mission under the current security agreement with Squadron
203 Sept. 5. Eleven qualified Iraqi T-6 instructor pilots have
emerged from the joint program, creating organic pilot training
capabilities within the Iraqi air force.