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Army Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, left, commander of the Multinational Security Transition Command – Iraq, and Iraq’s Defense Minister, Abdu Kadev Mohammed Jasim al Obaidy, sign documents transfering ownership of 11 Cessnas from U.S. forces to the Iraqi Air Force during a ceremony July 9, 2008, at New al Muthana Air Base in Baghdad.

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Army Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, left, commander of the Multinational Security Transition Command – Iraq, and Iraq’s Defense Minister, Abdu Kadev Mohammed Jasim al Obaidy, sign documents transfering ownership of 11 Cessnas from U.S. forces to the Iraqi Air Force during a ceremony July 9, 2008, at New al Muthana Air Base in Baghdad.

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