U.S. Airmen train future Iraqi air force pilots
Lt. Col. Charles Stevens goes over the pre-flight check list with an Iraqi air force student pilot Sept. 26, 2010, at Tikrit Air Base, Iraq. U.S. Air Force instructor pilots are training and advising the first group of Iraqi air force instructor pilots on the T-6A Texan II as part of the advise, train, assist and equip mission of Operation New Dawn. Once qualified, the Iraqi air force pilots will become instructor pilots and continue to train the next generation of pilots. Colonel Stevens is the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Perry Aston)