Iraqi Air Force history
Brig. Gen. David Eidsaune and Maj. Gen. Kamal Barzanjy cut the ribbon at a formal ceremony opening New Al Muthana Air Base, Iraq, Tuesday, March 7, 2006. The event culminated more than a year of training by U.S. Airmen with the Multinational Security Transition Command Coalition Air Force Transition Team. This is the first post-Saddam Hussein era Iraqi Air Force base and squadron. General Eidsaune is the director Air Component Coordination Element, Multinational Forces-Iraq. General Barzanjy is the Iraqi Air Force chief of staff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Will Ackerman)