Lt. Col. Charles Stevens, 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron commander, performs a pre-flight inspection before a training flight with an Iraqi air force student pilot Sept. 26, 2010, at Tikrit Air Base. Lt. Col. Charles Stevens, 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron commander, goes over the pre-flight check list with an Iraqi air force student pilot Sept. 26, 2010, at Camp Speicher, Iraq. Air Force instructor pilots are training and advising the first group of Iraqi air force instructor pilots on the T-6A Texan II as part of the advise, train, assist and equip mission of O


Lt. Col. Charles Stevens, 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron commander, performs a pre-flight inspection before a training flight with an Iraqi air force student pilot Sept. 26, 2010, at Tikrit Air Base. Lt. Col. Charles Stevens, 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron commander, goes over the pre-flight check list with an Iraqi air force student pilot Sept. 26, 2010, at Camp Speicher, Iraq. Air Force instructor pilots are training and advising the first group of Iraqi air force instructor pilots on the T-6A Texan II as part of the advise, train, assist and equip mission of Operation New Dawn. Once qualified the Iraqi air force pilots will become instructor pilots and continue to train the next generation of pilots. Senior Airman Perry Aston Released


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