The Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) has taken delivery of three T-6A Texan II training aircraft in Tikrit, increasing the number of total training aircraft to 11.

The IqAF will use the T-6As to develop a self-sustaining pilot training programme and train new pilots before flying more sophisticated multirole fighter aircraft.

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Currently, the US Air Force’s 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron is training 12 instructor pilot candidates to serve as instructors in the T-6A aircraft.

The first four instructor pilots will complete training by summer 2011, and the remaining eight by 2011.

The IqAF received its first four T-6As in December 2009, followed by an additional four in February, with another four scheduled for delivery in November.

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