Iraq Airmen Blues: No Mig Today; No F-16 Either (ap)

In this photo taken Monday, March 29, 2010, Iraqi military helicopters take off during a training course in Taji, Iraq. With U.S. patrons easing out of the picture, Iraq will be vulnerable in a Mideast fraught with tensions, disputes over Iran's controversial nuclear program and simmering Israeli-Arab animosities. That sense of vulnerability has fueled desires by Iraqi commanders for a fighter element and an air-defense system, the basics of an Iraqi deterrent in any imaginary scenario ranging from Israeli overflights targeting Iranian nuclear sites to incursions by Iran.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP – An Iraqi Air Force C-130 Hercules touches down at a base west of Baghdad as Iraqi pilots and their American instructors watch from the runway — a graceful landing for the bulky four-turboprop airlifter, one of several now owned by Iraq.

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