Published: September 03, 2005
First Iraqi Air Force Missions Successful
By Alan Gray, NewsBlaze 
In an operation last Sunday and Monday and as a testament to their own progress, the 23rd Air Transport Squadron of the Iraqi air force flew a battalion of Iraqi army soldiers from Erbil to Tall Afar.
The missions were flown in support of repositioning of forces for counterinsurgency operations in the western Nineveh province.
Three Iraqi C-130 aircraft -- each airlifted a full complement of soldiers from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division on a two-day mission designed to reposition combat assets.
This was the first use of the new Iraqi air force to directly support the deployment of Iraqi combat forces inside of Iraq.
Source: Multi-National Force-Iraq
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