Tucson International Airport: Where Iraqis learn to fly the F-16

Popular Mechanics paid a visit to 162nd Wing at Tucson, Arizona to see how Iraqi fighters pilots adapted to an environment totally different from back home whilst they train to fly the F-16.

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Photo: Lockheed Martin

Along the way, they had to mourn the death of their leader, Brigadier General Rasid Mohammed Sideeq Hasan, who was killed in a F-16 crash just as they were preparing to return home.

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