Iraqi air force meets maintenance goals
KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq - An Iraqi Airman from the 3rd Squadron performs an inspection on a Cessna 208 aircraft with the help of Master Sgt. Robbie Leist, 870th Expeditionary Air Advisory Squadron. While Iraqi air force pilots continue flying sorties to aid stability in their nation, Iraqi maintainers on the ground here have recently achieved important benchmarks to keep their fleet in the air. Airmen with the Iraqi air forces’ 3rd Squadron here took over a wide variety of maintenance duties on the unit’s Cessna 208 Caravan Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance fleet – a task formerly performed by U.S. contractors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eric Schloeffel)