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This action amends Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 77, section 91.1605, Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Iraq, which prohibits certain flight operations in the territory and airspace of Iraq by all United States (U.S.) air carriers, U.S. commercial operators, persons exercising the privileges of a U.S. airman certificate, except when such persons are operating a U.S.-registered civil aircraft for a foreign air carrier, and operators of U.S. registered civil aircraft, except when such operators are foreign air carriers. On August 8, 2014, the FAA issued a Notice-to-Airmen (NOTAM) prohibiting flight operations in the ORBB FIR at all altitudes, subject to certain limited exceptions, due to the armed conflict in Iraq. This amendment to SFAR No. 77, section 91.1605, incorporates the flight prohibition set forth in the August 8, 2014, NOTAM into the rule. The FAA is also making technical corrections to a previously published amendment to SFAR No. 77, section 91.1605, revising the approval process for this SFAR for other U.S. Government departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, to make it more similar to the approval process for other recently published flight prohibition SFARs, and adding an expiration date.