Al Muhammadi Air Base
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Al Muhammadi Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force
base in the Al-Anbar Governorate of Iraq
. It was seized by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
The base was heavily attacked by Coalition airpower during OEF; aireal imagery shows numerous bomb craters scattered throughout the airfield area, with the army facilities having large numbers of damaged, roofless buildings.
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.
Iraqi Air Force
The Iraqi Air Force or IQAF is the military branch in Iraq responsible for the policing of international borders, surveillance of national assets and aerial operations...
base in the Al-Anbar Governorate of Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. It was seized by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
Overview
Al Muhammadi was primarily a ground military facility for the Iraqi Army prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF). Two large military areas can be seen in aerial imagery to the west and south of the airfield. The airfield, classified by the IATA as a small civilian airport, consists of a 10,000' runway with several hardened military aircraft shelters knowns as "Trapezoids" or "Yugos" which were built by Yugoslavian contractors some time prior to 1985.The base was heavily attacked by Coalition airpower during OEF; aireal imagery shows numerous bomb craters scattered throughout the airfield area, with the army facilities having large numbers of damaged, roofless buildings.
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.