Iraq is likely to trade crude oil for 36 L-159A jet trainers from the Czech Republic. The jets were mothballed in 2004.
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Category: Air Force
Norwegian F-16s getting new wings
Norway has decided to re-wing all its F-16s in order to keep them flying for longer periods.
[thumb]http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/norway-extends-f-16-life/[/thumb]
Sale of RQ-4s to South Korea have stalled
Talks to sell four Global Hawk UAVs to South Korea appears to have stalled, Bloomberg reported.
[thumb]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-19/northrop-sale-of-global-hawks-to-south-korea-appears-stalled-.html[/thumb]
Australia requests 10 C-27Js
The Australian government has requested to buy 10 C-27J cargo planes via the Foreign Military Sale program.
[thumb]http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2011/Australia_11-51.pdf[/thumb]
Last U.S. flight out of Iraq
Christian Science Monitor has the story on the last U.S. flight out of Iraq, a C-17 that departed on Saturday night.
[thumb]http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2011/1218/Iraq-war-ends-what-it-was-like-on-the-last-US-flight-out[/thumb]