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Iraqi Army Aviation Command | |
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قيادة طيران الجيش العراقي | |
Active | 26 June 1980 |
Country | Iraq |
Type | Army Aviation |
Role | Tactical, Logistic and support Ground units |
Part of | Iraqi Armed Forces |
Command Headquarters | Baghdad |
Equipment | Helicopters UAVs |
Engagements | |
Commanders | |
Commander-in-Chief of Army Aviation | Lieutenant general P.S.C. Samir Zaki Hussein |
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Country Flag |
The Iraqi Army Aviation Command is one of the formations of the Iraqi Armed Forces, founded in 1980. [1] It commands the helicopter class as well as the class of Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs). It is a completely separate force from the Iraqi Air Force, currently led by the Lieutenant General Samir Zaki. [2] It has had vital and impactful roles in most of the Iraqi army's wars after its establishment such as during the first Iran–Iraq War, the Gulf War and its role in the War on terror in Iraq in supporting ground forces, providing air cover in battles and targeting terrorist movements. It reached its maximum capacity at the end of the first Gulf War, when the commanding cadres consisted of nearly 900 helicopters.
The Iraqi Army Aviation Command was formed after a split from the Iraqi Air Force in 1980.[ citation needed ]
After Iraq's military was destroyed in the Gulf War, and the Army Aviation Command lost much of its equipment in military operations. After the war, Iraq was unable to rebuild to its previous state of military power as a result of the United Nations' decision to blockade Iraq.
After the United States and its allies invaded Iraq in 2003 and the civil administrator Paul Bremer, decided to dissolve and rehabilitate the Iraqi army. The Army Aviation Command was dissolved and most of the military, logistical equipment and infrastructure was dismantled. The United States then aided in the reconstruction of the Army Aviation Command and supplied it with the necessary military equipment, logistics and rehabilitation of army bases and airports.[ citation needed ]
Army Aviation Command Headquarters: Baghdad
Army Aviation College
The College of Aviation is one of the formations of the Army Aviation Command. The college habilitates, prepares and trains pilots in various specialized and military theory and skills, including navigation, flight theories, air conditioning, the English language, communications and various military lessons in order to prepare them to work in all squadrons and air bases and to continue performing their tasks in combating terrorism and defending Iraq. The college consists of five wings: Aviation, Teaching, Technical, Administration, supplies and Military Training.
The Army Aviation Command uses military bases and airports scattered throughout Iraq.
Military Rank | Name | Duration |
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Lieutenant Major P.S.C. | Hamed Al-maiki | 2005-2020 |
Lieutenant Major P.S.C. | Samir Zaki | 2020- till now |
The ranks of the army aviation force are the same as the standard armed forces ranks. Because the army's flight force is derived from the air force, it inherited the ranks of the air force and comes with epaulets of sky-blue color and below the epaulettes are two wings of an eagle (indicating the pilots). Technical officers, engineers and ground crews have the same rank form with the wings of an eagle. The wings of the eagle are on the red stripe in the case of the staff officer, the epaulettes used to be the olive drab or khaki of the Army but with wings.
lieutenant | First L. | Captain | Major | L. colonel pilot | Colonel | Brigadier General pilot | Major general pilot | L. general pilot | General pilot |
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Soldiers and warrant officers in Army Aviation Command constitute are the ground crew, responsible for set and preparation of the aircraft on the flight line as well as ground guidance. they are not flying the aircraft, so the epaulette have no eagle's wings. The soldier's uniform does not contain epaulettes.
Soldir | 1stSoldir | Sergeant | Corporal | Chief S. |
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This force reached its peak power at the end of the first Gulf War, when the commanding cadres numbered nearly 900 different helicopters. The armament of the Iraqi army was generally from the eastern bloc. As a result of the policies followed by the Iraqi state, most of the helicopters were Soviet. After 2003 the United States armed the Iraqi army aviation with American and Western helicopters.
In October 2012, it was reported that Iraq had signed a contract with Russia to purchase weapons, including approximately 30 Mil Mi-28 helicopters. [3] The agreement was confirmed on October 9.[ citation needed ] Part of the deal was later canceled due to the Iraqi parliament's condemnation of the deal on suspicion of corruption, but the Iraqi Defense Minister stated that "the deal will go ahead". [4] The contract was already signed and included the Mil Mi-28NE helicopters, and deliveries began in September 2013. Another 10 aircraft of the same model were delivered in January 2014.
The Army Aviation currently owns 175 operational helicopters, including 15 attack helicopters, out of 300 purchased, including 67-114 heavy attack helicopters (it is scheduled to reach 500 helicopters), as follows:
name | image | origin | type | number [5] | notes |
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Helecopter/Aircraft | |||||
bell 206 | United States | multi role helecopter | 10 | ||
bell 407 | United States | multi role helicopter and training | 27 3 | ||
Bell OH-58 Kiowa | United States | Training | 8 | ||
Eurocopter EC635 | France | Light attack | 24 | ||
Bell UH-1 Iroquois | United States | Multi purpose | 15 | ||
Mil mi-8 | Soviet Union | Transport | Unknown | ||
Mil mi-17 | Soviet Union | Multi purpose | 22 | ||
Mil mi-24 | Soviet Union | Attack | 15 | ||
mil mi-35 | Russia | Multi purpose | 18 | ||
Mil mi-28 | Russia Soviet Union | attack | 14 | called Night hunter in the aviation command | |
Iraq has contracted for 14 CH-4 medium-altitude and long-range (M.A.L.E.) UAV from China, used for reconnaissance and treating targets using precision-guided missiles.
Helicopters | origin | downed/ destroyed |
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bell 407 | United States | 1 |
Mil mi-17 | Soviet Union | 1 |
Mil mi-28 | Soviet Union | 1 |
mil mi-35 m | Russia | 1 |
Total | 4 |
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