Ruwayshid Air Base
Encyclopedia
Ruwayshid Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force
base in the Al-Anbar Governorate of Iraq
. It was captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
, located 51.0 mi northeast of the airfield. It was abandoned by the Iraqui Air Force after Operation Iraqi Freedom in Marxch 2003.
Current aireal 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 desert.
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 captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
Overview
The airfield was a small dispersal airfield approximately 7 miles east of the Jordanian border in far western Iraq. It was used by Iraqi Air Force elements based at H-3 Air BaseH-3 Air Base
H-3 Air Base s part of a cluster of former Iraqi Air Force bases in the Al-Anbar Governorate of Iraq. It was captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.-Overview:...
, located 51.0 mi northeast of the airfield. It was abandoned by the Iraqui Air Force after Operation Iraqi Freedom in Marxch 2003.
Current aireal 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 desert.