Iraqi Air Space Undefended
Credit: U.S. AIR FORCE
The U.S. withdrawal from Iraq will leave the country without the ability to directly defend its airspace for at least two years. That's because Iraq won't get its first F-16s until late 2014 or early 2015, according to Maj. Gen. Russell Handy, commander of the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task...
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