Cov ntaub ntawv tshiab tshaj plaws thiab cov lus xaiv txog Iraq txoj kev npaj yuav mus tom ntej ntawm cov dav hlau fighter yog ib qho kev ceeb toom ntawm yuav ua li cas, thoob plaws hauv nws keeb kwm, Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) tau ntev rov qab mus rau sab hnub tuaj thiab sab hnub poob.
Raws li cov ntaub ntawv hais los ntawm Cov Xov Xwm Tiv Thaiv nyob rau nruab nrab Lub Ob Hlis, Iraq npaj siab yuav 14 Dassault Rafale multirole fighter dav hlau los ntawm Fabkis rau $ 240 lab, uas Baghdad npaj yuav them rau cov roj es tsis txhob siv nyiaj nyuaj.
Rafales tsis yog tib lub dav hlau fighter Iraq tau tshaj tawm tias xav tau. Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis, cov xov xwm hauv zos tau tshaj tawm tias Iraq npaj yuav tau 12 JF-17 Thaiv 3 tus neeg tua hluav taws los ntawm Pakistan thiab tseem tau tso tseg $ 600 lab los them rau lawv.
Ob lub dav hlau tuaj yeem txhim kho IQAF lub peev xwm. Tom qab tag nrho, ob qho tib si muaj cov khoom siv hluav taws xob scanned array (AESA) radars thiab muaj peev xwm cuam tshuam thiab dav hlau tawm tsam hauv av.
Iraq lub nkoj ntawm F-16s tsis tuaj nrog ib qho AIM-120 AMRAAM dhau qhov pom kev dav dav dav dav dav dav dav dav dav dav dav hlau (BVRAAM). Hloov chaw, lawv yuav tsum ua nrog ntau luv luv AIM-7 thiab AIM-9s.
Iraqi Cua Dag Zog Yuam F-16 tawm thaum lub sij hawm kev cob qhia ntawm Iraqi pilots nyob rau hauv Arizona xyoo 2014.
Senior Airman Jordan Castelan ntawm Wikimedia Commons.
Yog tias Baghdad tuaj yeem tau txais Rafales nruab nrog Meteor BVRAAMs lossis JF-17s nrog Tuam Tshoj PL-15 BVRAAM, qhov ntawd yuav txhim kho nws cov peev xwm cuam tshuam.
Iraq kuj tseem muaj kev tiv thaiv huab cua tsawg, nrog rau nws cov kev tiv thaiv huab cua tseem ceeb tshaj plaws yog qhov nruab nrab ntawm Lavxias-ua Pantsir-S1.
Thaum Lub Ob Hlis, Iraq Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm Tiv Thaiv Huab Cua Lieutenant-General Maan al-Saadi tau hais rau lub xeev xov xwm hais tias Baghdad vam tias "thaum lub xyoo tam sim no, cov txheej txheem niaj hnub no yuav raug qhia, ntxiv rau cov tshuab muaj, uas yuav ua rau muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv huab cua. thiab txhim khu kev tiv thaiv ntawm airspace. "
Iraq feem ntau yuav tau txais kev tiv thaiv huab cua los ntawm Fabkis, Russia, lossis Kaus Lim Qab Teb.
Los ntawm nws lub hauv paus hauv xyoo 1931 txog niaj hnub no, Iraq tau dhau los ntawm ntau lub sijhawm ntawm kev yuav nws cov dav hlau los ntawm sab hnub tuaj thiab sab hnub poob.
Nyob rau xyoo 1950, Iraq tau txais nws thawj lub dav hlau fighter thaum Britain muag nws de Havilland Vampires, de Havilland DH 112 Venoms, thiab Hawker Hunters.
Txawm li cas los xij, tom qab xyoo 1958 txoj kev tawm tsam hauv Iraq uas tau xaus rau huab tais huab tais, Baghdad tau txav los ze zog rau lub tebchaws Soviet. Yog li ntawd, nws thawj zaug tau txais MiG-17s, ua raws li MiG-19s thiab MiG-21s.
Raws li qhov tshwm sim, los ntawm 1960s, raws li tub rog aviation keeb kwm Tom Cooper tau taw qhia, Iraq "muaj ntau lub nkoj sib xyaw ntawm cov dav hlau sib tw, suav nrog Vampires, Venoms, Hunters, MiG-17s, MiG-19s, thiab MiG-21s."
Iraq tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm Fabkis cov dav hlau muab khoom hauv Israeli kev ua haujlwm thaum xyoo 1967 Arab-Israeli Tsov Rog. Tsis tas li ntawd, thaum Soviets tau tuav cov kev txhawb nqa thiab cov khoom seem rau nws cov tub rog nyob rau hauv nruab nrab-1970s thaum Iraq tab tom tawm tsam Kurdish ntxeev siab, Iraq paub tias nws yuav tsum muaj kev sib txawv ntawm nws qhov kev yuav khoom thiaj li tsis ua rau tag nrho nyob ntawm Moscow.
Yog li ntawd, Iraq thaum kawg tau txais lub nkoj loj ntawm Dassault Mirage F1s los ntawm Fabkis pib thaum xyoo 1970s.
Baghdad tseem khaws kev tiv thaiv kev sib raug zoo nrog Moscow. Nws yuav MiG-25 Foxbats, yog ib tus neeg tua rog ceev tshaj plaws uas tau tsim, uas tau ua haujlwm thoob plaws hauv Iran-Iraq Tsov Rog thiab thib plaub tiam MiG-29A Fulcrums nyob rau xyoo 1980s.
Cov duab keeb kwm ntawm Iraqi Air Force Soviet-ua MiG-29A Fulcrum fighter dav hlau.
Tus neeg siv tsis paub tub ceev xwm ntawm Wikimedia Commons
(Iraq cov kev tiv thaiv huab cua nyob rau xyoo 1980s muaj yuav luag tag nrho ntawm Soviet-ua foob pob hluav taws hauv huab cua sib xyaw ua ke raws li Fabkis-ua KARI hais kom ua, tswj, thiab kev sib txuas lus.)
Cov Iraqis txawm haum cov khoom sib txawv los ntawm qee qhov ntawm nws cov Soviet thiab Fabkis dav hlau mus rau ib leeg. Thaum Fab Kis Tus Thawj Coj Maurice Schmidt tau mus xyuas Baghdad thaum lub Plaub Hlis 1989, nws tau poob siab tag nrho thaum pom cov Iraqis tau teeb tsa lub Soviet Kh-29L cua-rau-ntog cuaj luaj rau ntawm ib qho ntawm lawv Mirage F1's pylons. Lawv txawm siv ib qho ntawm Mirage refueling probes mus rau MiG-23 Flogger.
Lub Iraqi Cua Dag Zog Yuam tau pulverized nyob rau hauv 1991 Persian Gulf Tsov rog los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas-coj koom haum, thiab nws cov seem tseem tsis tau sim ua kom muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua kawg thaum xyoo 2003 US-coj invasion ntawm Iraq.
Los ntawm xyoo 2010, Baghdad zoo li pom nws tus kheej tawg ntawm kev yuav riam phom Asmeskas thiab Lavxias kom rov tsim nws cov tub rog. Thaum kawg nws tau xaj ib lub nkoj ntawm 36 F-16s los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas. Hauv xyoo 2012, nws tau tso tseg qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb $ 4.2 nphom nrog Russia uas suav nrog cov khoom siv dav hlau MiG-29M / M2.
Thaum Iraq tau xaiv tawm ntawm kev yuav cov dav hlau Lavxias teb sab, nws tau yuav Russia Mi-28 thiab Mi-35 nres nyoob hoom qav taub ntau dua li nrhiav Asmeskas AH-64 Apaches. Nws kuj tseem yuav T-90 lub tsheb loj sib ntaus sib tua hauv 2016 es tsis txhob ntxiv US-tsim M1A1 Abrams tso tsheb hlau luam thiab tau tshaj tawm tias xav yuav ntau dua ntawm cov tso tsheb hlau luam Lavxias yav tom ntej.
Interestingly, Fabkis, tej zaum nostalgic rau lub lucrative caj npab muag nws tau inked nrog Baghdad nyob rau hauv lub 1970s thiab 1980s, kuj muab Iraq 18 upgraded Mirage F1s rau $1 billion nyob rau hauv thaum ntxov 2011.
Ex Iraqi Air Force Mirage F1 hauv kev pabcuam nrog Islamic koom pheej ntawm Iran Air Force (IRIAF). Iraq … [+]
Tus neeg siv PA ntawm Wikimedia Commons
Thaum kawg, Iraq tau txais ib lub nkoj me me ntawm Su-25 Frogfoots los ntawm Russia thiab Iran (tom kawg uas yog ironically ex-Iraqi Air Force ya mus rau lub tebchaws ntawd thaum xyoo 1991 Gulf War) hauv 2014 los tawm tsam ISIS. Nws tau pib xa nws lub nkoj F-16 rau xyoo tom ntej thiab tseem tau yuav ob lub teb chaws South Kauslim KAI T-50 Golden Eagle tus kws qhia / lub dav hlau tua lub teeb tsis ntev tom qab ntawd.
Tam sim no, F-16 yog lub dav hlau tshaj plaws hauv IQAF. Thaum cov F-16s no tau dogged los ntawm kev saib xyuas cov teeb meem nyob rau ob xyoos dhau los, tom qab Lockheed Martin txo qis kev txhawb nqa ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm cog lus vim yog cov tub rog foob pob hluav taws tawm tsam, lawv tseem tab tom ua tawm tsam huab cua tawm tsam ISIS.
Tsab ntawv tshaj tawm tshiab Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees rau kev tawm tsam ISIS Kev Ua Haujlwm Inherent Resolve - uas suav nrog lub quarter Lub Kaum Hli 1, 2021, txog Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 31, 2021 - sau tseg tias Iraq's Su-25s thiab Czech-built L-159 lub teeb sib ntaus sib tua aircraft tseem raug kev txom nyem. "Los ntawm qhov tsawg kawg nkaus lub luag haujlwm muaj peev xwm tus nqi, thaum Iraq lub dav hlau F-16 thiab AC-208 tseem yog lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb nrog kev siv thiab lub luag haujlwm muaj peev xwm tus nqi zoo ib yam li cov hauv lub quarter dhau los."
Thaum Iraq yuav tsis zoo li hloov nws F-16s txhua lub sijhawm sai sai, nws yuav zoo li yuav nrhiav kev sib tw sib txawv es tsis txhob muaj ntau yam sib txawv ntawm lub dav hlau American. Thaum nws ua li ntawd, nws yuav zaum ib zaug saib ob sab hnub tuaj thiab sab hnub poob ua ntej ua nws lub siab ntawm lub dav hlau twg yuav tau txais tom ntej.
Nyob rau hauv lub xyoo caum tom ntej, IQAF tej zaum yuav zoo ib yam li ib tug sib xyaw fleet ntawm F-16s thiab Rafales los yog F-16s thiab JF-17s (los yog txawm JF-17s thiab Rafales) zoo ib yam li nws ib txhij ya Vampires thiab MiGs nyob rau hauv lub 1960s. thiab Mirages thiab MiGs hauv xyoo 1980s.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauliddon/2022/02/15/the-iraqi-air-force-perpetually-between-east-and-west/