{"id":278748,"date":"2026-09-05T04:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T04:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/278748\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T04:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T04:42:10","slug":"us-to-sell-bell-helicopters-worth-150-million-to-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/278748\/","title":{"rendered":"US to sell Bell helicopters worth $150 million to Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US State Department<\/a> has approved a possible $150 million Foreign Military Sale<\/a> to Iraq for Bell 412EPX<\/a> helicopters and related equipment, as Washington moves to strengthen the airlift and operational capabilities of its strategic partner.<\/p>\n

The proposed package includes Bell 412EPX helicopters, Very High Frequency (VHF) radios, spare parts, ground support equipment, publications and technical data, as well as pilot and maintenance training.
Also read: US approves possible $188 million F-16 support for Oman<\/a><\/p>\n

It also includes US government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services and other related elements of logistics and programme support, according to the State Department.<\/p>\n

The proposed sale is intended to improve Iraq\u2019s ability to respond to current and future threats by providing an airlift capability<\/a> for troop, medical and logistics transport.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe addition of air-lift capability affords Counter-Terrorism Services<\/a> operational capabilities,\u201d the State Department said.
The department said the sale would support US foreign policy<\/a> and national security interests by \u201chelping to improve the security of a strategic partner\u201d.Also read: US approves $5 billion sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia to enhance security of ‘major non-NATO ally’<\/a><\/p>\n

Iraq is expected to have no difficulty integrating the helicopters and associated services into its armed forces, according to the statement.<\/p>\n

The proposed sale would not alter the basic military balance in the region, the State Department said.<\/p>\n

Bell-Textron, based in Fort Worth, Texas, will be the principal contractor for the potential sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US State Department has approved a possible $150 million Foreign Military Sale to Iraq for Bell 412EPX…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[75990,74354,75989,75991,74569,196,94,75992,2429,1987,75056],"class_list":["post-278748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-airlift-capability","tag-bell-412epx","tag-bell-helicopters","tag-counter-terrorism-services","tag-foreign-military-sale","tag-iran-war","tag-iraq","tag-iraq-military-support","tag-us-foreign-policy","tag-us-state-department","tag-us-iraq-ties"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117216604851325537","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}