http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=265223
36 F-16 fighter planes approved by Pentagon for Baghdad last year are
comparable to those in IAF inventories.
Israel is increasingly concerned with the military build-up in Iraq amid
intelligence reports that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is
solidifying its presence in the country, according to a senior IDF officer.
Of particular concern is the Pentagon’s approval in late 2011 of the sale of
36 F- 16 multi-role combat aircraft to Iraq. The planes will be built by
Lockheed Martin in the US and are Block 52 F-16s, meaning that they are of
the same configuration as Israel’s F-16Is, called Sufa (Storm).”We are carefully watching the developments in Iraq,” the IDF officer said.
“The possible developments there are not immediate, but since the US
withdrawal from Iraq we do not know what will evolve there.”