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Article: IRAQI AIR FORCE ACQUIRES ADVANCED RADAR SYSTEM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following press release:
Iraqi air force officials advanced their air defense monitoring capabilities after a ceremony marked the transfer of a digital air surveillance radar from American control to Iraqi control Oct. 26 here.
"Today, another historical day added to our brothers and the Iraqi air force," said Iraqi air force Brig. Gen. Ahmed Ghani, the Iraqi communications director. "Through that system, we will identify more ... aircraft entering our sovereignty."
Maj. Gen. Robert C. Kane, the Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Air Force director, gave a speech providing a timeline of how the Iraqi air force is evolving in ...