The
Iraqi Air Force (
IQAF or
IAF; Arabic: القوة الجوية العراقية,
Al Quwwa al Jawwiya al Iraqiya) is the
aerial warfare service branch of the
Iraqi Armed Forces, responsible for the policing of international borders and surveillance of national assets. The IQAF also acts as a support force for the
Iraqi Navy and the
Iraqi Army and it allows
Iraq to rapidly deploy its developing Army.