I raq’s air force has found Israeli company RADA manufactured information recording systems onboard its F-16 fighters recently purchased ...
 Iraq’s air force has found Israeli company RADA manufactured information recording systems onboard its F-16 fighters recently purchased from the US Lockheed Martin Company, a media report said. | | |
The Iraqi air force in a letter to Lockheed Martin Company has questioned the company about the installation of RADA information systems onboard its F16 aircraft, Akhbar Al-Khaleej quoted Iraqi US air force officials.
The F16 fighters purchased by Egypt, Turkey, Oman, and Iraq have also information systems manufactured by Israeli RADA Company, it cited the Iraqi air force letter as saying.
Iraq signed a new contract in June to buy its second set of 18 F-16 fighters from the United States as part of a deal to purchase 36 of the jets to rebuild its air force.
Baghdad signed an initial deal for the first set of 18 jets in September 2011 valued at $3bln.
