Al Asad Airbase
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Al Asad Airbase (ICAO: ORAA / KQAJ) is the largest US military airbase in Iraq and is located in the largely Sunni western Iraq Province of Al Anbar. It was formerly the home of the II Marine Expeditionary Force until January 2010. Other major tenants include the 82nd Airborne Advise & Assist Brigade, 321st Sustainment Brigade (-), MACG-28, MAG-26, Navy Customs Battalion Juliet and small elements of the Iraqi Army. The base, located 100 miles west of Baghdad, is divided by a wadi that runs through the area. It has a perimeter of more than 15 miles,…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Al Asad Airbase (ICAO: ORAA / KQAJ) is the largest US military airbase in Iraq and is located in the largely Sunni western Iraq Province of Al Anbar. It was formerly the home of the II Marine Expeditionary Force until January 2010. Other major tenants include the 82nd Airborne Advise & Assist Brigade, 321st Sustainment Brigade (-), MACG-28, MAG-26, Navy Customs Battalion Juliet and small elements of the Iraqi Army. The base, located 100 miles west of Baghdad, is divided by a wadi that runs through the area. It has a perimeter of more than 15 miles, and is the largest air force base in Iraq. It has 23 hardened shelters and two runways of 4260 and 3955 meters each. The runways, taxiways, tarmacs, hangars, and maintenance areas are on the southern half of the base, while living quarters, motor pools, and administrative areas are in the natural valley formed by the dry river bed. A number of abandoned Iraqi aircraft are scattered throughoutthe base, in various states of disrepair, as well as hardened bunkers meant to house them.