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a major ADam Fiedler air component

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coordination element airspace planner

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and I'm responsible for transferring

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airspace control responsibility from U .

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S . Forces to Iraq civil authorities .

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About four years ago , The Iraq civil

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authorities assumed control for

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airspace above 29,000 ft in Iraq . And

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since then work to develop the Iraq

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Civil Aviation Authority or I see a and

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develop their capabilities and as their

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capabilities developed , we've

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incrementally transferred airspace

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control back to them in sections of

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airspace . Well , Iraq now has an air

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traffic control system that's

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controlled by civil authorities which

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is similar to the model that we have in

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the United States and also in western

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european countries . So although the

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military definitely as a partner in

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that in that airspace system , it's

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actually it's the Iraq Civil Aviation

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Authority that is the regulatory

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authority that governs all flight

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operations in Iraq . The complexities

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of integrating tactical ops into a

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civilian air traffic control system was

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was the most challenging piece . Again

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that the airspace was transferred

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incrementally and each one of those ,

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each one of those transfers really took

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several months of work . A lot of

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preparation . Um A lot of a lot of

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training to get their controllers

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certified in that specific position to

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take on that responsibility . Um So

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each each one of those uh those

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sections of airspace that were

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transferred were pretty significant

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milestones with the most significant

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being the one we recently completed on

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the first of october that was the

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transition of Baghdad approach . Which

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means that the I . C . A . At that

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point was now providing service into

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Baghdad airport after that event , they .