The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) (Arabic: القوة الجوية العراقية; Al Quwwa al Jawwiya al Iraqiya) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Iraqi Armed Forces, responsible for the policing of international borders and surveillance of national assets. The IQAF also acts as a support force for the Iraqi Navy and the Iraqi Army and it allows Iraq to rapidly deploy its developing Army.
Aircraft Inventory[]
Combat Aircraft[]
Dassault Mirage F1EQ x 68 (Fighter-Bomber)- Dassault Mirage 4000 x 36 (Air Superiority Fighter)
Fort Worth AF F-16/91c/d Block 52 x 36 (Multirole Fighter)
Ground Attack Aircraft[]
Sukhoi Su-24 x 30 (Infiltrator Aircraft)- Sukhoi Su-25 x 24 (Ground Attack Aircraft)
- Sukhoi Su-34 x 0 (Infiltrator Aircraft) - 36 on order
Bombers[]
- Tupolev Tu-22M4IQ x 12 (Strategic Bomber)
ELINT[]
- SAMA CH2000 x 16 (Liaison Aircraft)
- Antonov An-3
- Seabird SB7L-360A Seeker x 2 (Observation/Liaison Aircraft)
- Wichita AF SKA-350/05 x 12 (Surveillance Aircraft)
- Wichita AF C208/84 x 8 (Ground Surveillance/Strike Aircraft)
Transport Aircraft[]
- Antonov An-26 x 10 (Transport Aircraft)
- Antonov An-32B x 6 (Medium Transport)
- Antonov An-178 x 4 (Transport Aircraft)
- Bethpage AF C-130-30/64h x 10 (Tactical Airlifter)
- Dassault Falcon 20 x 4 (VIP Transport)
- Dassault Falcon 50 x 6 (VIP Transport)
- De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter x 4 (Transport Aircraft)
- Harbin Y-12C x 4 (Transport Aircraft)
- Ilyushin Il-76 x 20 (Strategic Airlifter)
- Pilatus PC-12 x 6 (Transport Aircraft)
- Wichita AF SKA-350/05 x 14 (Light Transport/VIP Transport)
Helicopters[]
- Aerospatiale SA342 Gazelle x 6 (Utility Helicopter)
- / Agusta-Westland AW139 x 16 (Medium Utility Helicopter)
- BHI CH-139 JetRanger x 10 (Utility Helicopter)
- BHI CH-146 Griffon x 12 (Search and Rescue Helicopter)
- Eurocopter EC635-T2 x 24 (Light Multi-Purpose Helicopter)
- Fort Worth AF FW407 x 30 (Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter)
- Fort Worth AF UH-1/56 x (Medevac/Search and Rescue Helicopter)
- Grand Prairie HF UH-72/07 x 20 (Light Observation Helicopter)
- Mil Mi-17 x 30 (Medium Utility Helicopter)
- Mil Mi-28N x 30 (Attack Helicopter)
- Mil Mi-35M x 28 (Transport Helicopter)
- PZL W-3 Sokół x 20 (Utility Helicopter)
Trainer Aircraft[]
- Aero L-159 Alca x 36 (Advanced Trainer)
- Lasta 95 x 20 (Intermediate Trainer)
- Raytheon CT-156 Harvard II x 44 (Basic Trainer)
- Saab Safari x 20 (Basic Trainer)
- Saechon AF T-50/05 x 24 (Advanced Trainer/Light Attack)
- Wichita AF C172 x 18 (Basic Trainer)
- Wichita AF C208 x 5 (Advanced Trainer)
