Iraqi Army Aviation Command

Iraqi Army Aviation Command
Iraqi Army Aviation Command
قيادة طيران الجيش العراقي
Active	26 June 1980
Country	Iraq
Type	Army Aviation
Role	Tactical, Logistic and support Ground units
Part of	Iraqi Armed Forces
Command Headquarters	Baghdad
Equipment	Helicopters ; UAVs
Engagements	Iran–Iraq War Iraqi invasion of Iran; ; Gulf War Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; ; 2003 US invasion of Iraq; Iraq War; War in Iraq (2013–2017); 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict; Syrian Civil War;
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief of Army Aviation	Lieutenant general P.S.C. Samir Zaki Hussein
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The Iraqi Army Aviation Command is one of the formations of the Iraqi Armed Forces, founded in 1980. It commands the helicopter class as well as the class of Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs). It is a completely separate force from the Iraqi Air Force, currently led by the Lieutenant General Samir Zaki. It has had vital and impactful roles in most of the Iraqi army's wars after its establishment such as during the first Iran–Iraq War, the Gulf War and its role in the War on terror in Iraq in supporting ground forces, providing air cover in battles and targeting terrorist movements. It reached its maximum capacity at the end of the first Gulf War, when the commanding cadres consisted of nearly 900 helicopters.

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