JOC denies transporting F-16s from Balad base

Baghdad - INA

The Joint Operations Command denied today, Thursday, the news that F-16s were transferred from Balad Air Base to another place.

A spokesman for the brigade operations to improve the al - Khafaji told the Iraqi (INA), said that "F16 aircraft are the backbone of the Iraqi air force , " noting that these aircraft in Balad Air Base has not been transferred or redeployed elsewhere. "

He added that" The high capabilities of the security forces can secure these aircraft and make them continue to operate. ”
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi stressed, on the ninth of May, that Iraq needed F-16s in its fight against ISIS, while noting that the absurd actions caused the withdrawal of some American companies that were take charge of repairing these planes.