Old aircraft, the only benefit here is that the Iraqi veteran pilots can fly it with a little bit of training for this time of crisis. France offered Mirage F-1's to Iraq years ago and they were rejected.
It's better to buy Mirages-2000's if the UAE is going to deliver 10 M2000-9 aircraft as they stated.
AéroHisto - Histoire de l'aviation: Former Jordanian Mirage F1 in Iraqi Air Force ?
According to Iranian defense expert Babak Taghvaee, a very well-known author of several publications about the Iranian air forces and a regular contributor to some of the most read aviation magazines, former Jordanian Mirage F1 may enter in service with Iraqi Air Force. The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) has still 27 of the 34 Mirage acquired from France, including one twin-seater. Since many years, FlyingWings Company based in Jordan, had put them on sale. Argentina which had an intension to lease ten of them decided finally to buy former Spanish Mirage F1s.
Recently, Jordanians have offered to sell equivalent of one squadron of their stored Mirage F1s to Iraq. There are a large amount of spare parts in stock, ten engines, test benches and one simulator. If Iraqi government accepts this offer, Iraqi Air Force will have a complete squadron of Mirage F1s which can be operational for years by means of this huge quantity of spare parts. According to Babak Taghvaee, half of the Mirage F1 is maintained in good conditions.
It's better to buy Mirages-2000's if the UAE is going to deliver 10 M2000-9 aircraft as they stated.
AéroHisto - Histoire de l'aviation: Former Jordanian Mirage F1 in Iraqi Air Force ?
According to Iranian defense expert Babak Taghvaee, a very well-known author of several publications about the Iranian air forces and a regular contributor to some of the most read aviation magazines, former Jordanian Mirage F1 may enter in service with Iraqi Air Force. The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) has still 27 of the 34 Mirage acquired from France, including one twin-seater. Since many years, FlyingWings Company based in Jordan, had put them on sale. Argentina which had an intension to lease ten of them decided finally to buy former Spanish Mirage F1s.
Recently, Jordanians have offered to sell equivalent of one squadron of their stored Mirage F1s to Iraq. There are a large amount of spare parts in stock, ten engines, test benches and one simulator. If Iraqi government accepts this offer, Iraqi Air Force will have a complete squadron of Mirage F1s which can be operational for years by means of this huge quantity of spare parts. According to Babak Taghvaee, half of the Mirage F1 is maintained in good conditions.
