U.S. MILITARY TURNS OVER CRITICAL FACILITIES TO IRAQI AVIATION COMMAND

摘要

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently turned over two critical construction projects at Camp Taji, Iraq, in support of the U.S. Forces-Iraq (USF-I) reconstruction efforts. The facilities-a huge helicopter maintenance facility and a squadron operations building-were turned over to the Iraqi Army Aviation Command during a formal ribbon cutting in February. The hangar, which can hold up to six Russian-made MI-17 helicopters during maintenance, is the largest dear-span structure in the Middle East. The adjacent operations building will house classrooms and a state-of-the-art MI-17 training simulator for Iraqi helicopter pilots.