H-1 Air Base
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Al-Anbar Province, Iraq | |||||||
Operation Iraqi Freedom | |||||||
Garrison information | |||||||
Garrison | Royal Air Force (1935-1958) Iraqi Air Force (1958-2003) Coalition Forces (2003) | ||||||
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H-1 Air Base (code-named 202A) is a former
History
RAF H1
H-1 was established by the
During the early days World War II, the airfield was abandoned as the RAF moved its units to
Iraqi Air Force
The airfield remained under British control until 1958 when, as a result of the
The Iraqi 2nd Air Defence Sector, also known as the Western Air Defence Sector, had an IOCs at H-1 Airfield.
2003 Iraq War
This section includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (March 2016) |
The H-1,
On 28 March 2003 A Company, 3rd Battalion,
In the first weeks of the war there were reports of heavy fighting involving the SAS, SASR and the
In early 2003, it was reported that the United States was planning to develop H-1 as a permanent base in Iraq. Those plans never materialised and today current aerial imagery shows that the operational structures around the airfield appear to have been demolished and removed. Today the concrete runway and series of taxiways remain exposed and deteriorating to the elements, being reclaimed by the Iraqi desert.
References
- ^ British fought the good fight once before in Iraq
- LCCN 2002110491.
- ^ John D. Gresham. "The Haditha Dam Seizure - The Target | Defense Media Network". Defense Media Network. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ a b British Special Forces - Gulf War 2