Iraq F-16 Order Finally Confirmed

The long-running saga of selling F-16s to Iraq has come to an end with Lockheed Martin winning an $835 million foreign military sales contract to provide 18 aircraft.

The Defense Department award on Dec. 5 covers 12 F-16C and six F-16D Block 52 aircraft, plus spares and support, and runs through May 2018. The work is expected to ...