US Air Force advisors are hard at work with their Iraqi air force colleagues to forge the new
Iraqi Air Force College at Tikrit Air Base into a professional military academy, USAF officials announced, Nov. 4, 2010. "We want them to have a quality institution where they're producing quality officers. Not only pilots, but also support officers," said Maj. Israel Figueroa, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing college advisor. Here, a view of the new Iraqi Air Force College complex at Tikrit that opened in September 2010.
Air Force photo