US Airmen prep Iraqi pilots to stand alone
KIRKUK — Lt. Col. Chris Spigelmire defines success as, "The better we do our jobs, the fewer people they'll send to replace us until we don't have to be here at all." "The trick is," he added, "the Iraqi Air Force has to be able to do what we're doing without us around." Spigelmire, deployed from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, commands the 521st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron. He and his two dozen Airmen have two missions: – Help Iraqis train their new pilot corps – Prepare qualified Iraqi pilots to assume mission operations "We're also training the trainers so...
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