The initial batch of Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft for the Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) will remain in the United States until the security situation in Iraq improves, the US Department of Defense (DoD) disclosed on 10 November.

The first three of an initial batch of eight F-16s will be transferred from the Fort Worth production facility in Texas to an Air National Guard facility in Tucson, Arizona, in December. After that, one aircraft per month will be delivered to Tucson through to May.

"We expect the Iraqi pilots will begin flying their own aircraft for continuation training beginning in January," said DoD spokesperson Army Colonel Steven Warren'

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