Army Air Corps splits from Iraqi Air Force

Montrose Toast Blog ^ | 27 July 2010 | DJ Elliott

[DJ Elliott]

“The Iraqi Army, which recently took control of their military's rotary-wing assets from the Iraqi Air Force, uses the Huey primarily as a scout and reconnaissance aircraft.” With this sentence, the announcement of the formation of the Iraqi Army Air Corps was made by Specialist Roland Hale, a journalist for the 1st Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade.

While there are limited details concerning this reorganization, the known structure of the Iraqi Air Force makes sorting out which squadrons are now Army Air Corps simple. The subordination of the air bases, training establishment, and the future air defense brigade are less clear and may be under joint or separate command in several cases.

Iraqi Army Air Corps

The existing, forming, and planned AAC squadrons indicate a forming structure of 4 aviation brigades and a training squadron. This fits the support aviation structure for the planned 4 Iraqi Army Corps. This is a work in progress and all new helicopter squadrons will be formed at Taji first and then assigned as needed.

[DJ Elliott]

The 2012 US withdraw date was picked by the politicians, not the Iraqi Security Forces.

[nuconvert]

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[Army Air Corps]

Thanks. ;-)