Iraqi air force reaches 2,000-hour milestone
Capt. Jamie Riddle, a 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, and 2nd Lt. "Joseph," an Iraqi air force student pilot, taxi out for takeoff on a training flight mission July 13 at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. At the conclusion of this mission, they surpassed the 2,000 flight training hour milestone for the Iraqi air force. The 52nd EFTS' mission is to train, educate and advise the Iraqi air force to build an institutional capacity to conduct credible fixed- and rotary-wing flight training for the future. Captain Riddle is deployed from Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman First Class Randi Flaugh)
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