Iraq to receive first batch of L-159s next month

Iraq News Agency, quoting lawmaker Hakim al-Zamili, said Iraq will receive its L-159 jet trainers from Czech Republic next month.

© Milan Nykodym, Czech Republic [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

It was reported earlier that Iraq placed an order for 10 L-159As and 2 L-159T1s. Three L-159As are to be used as spares.

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