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  • DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Helmick From Iraq [How long in Iraq after 2012?]

    08/20/2009 6:34:36 PM PDT · by DJ Elliott · 4 replies · 386+ views
    DefenseLink ^ | 20 August 2009 | DoD Transcript
    Q As you say, the complexity of this training effort, particularly with the Iraqi air force -- again, do you think that some trainers, U.S. trainers and mentors, will be needed after 2011? GEN. HELMICK: Well, I guess it depends on how we identify air sovereignty for the Iraqi air force. There will be a team that comes here from Washington, D.C., in the next week or so, to kind of refine where the Iraqi air force is and where they think the Iraqi air force should be, based on the current glide path, if you will, on procurement of...