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    Balad Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة بلد الجوية) (ICAO: ORBD), is an Iraqi Air Force base located near Balad in the Sunni Triangle 40 miles (64 km) north of...
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    military air base in Iraq, formerly LSA Anaconda, Balad Air Base, or Al-Bakir Air Base, is located within the municipality of Yathrib near Balad. As of...
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    Camp Speicher; Al Asad Air Base; Camp Anaconda (Balad Air Base); Camp Bucca; Camp Caldwell (Kirkush); Tallil Air Base; Mosul Air Base; Camp Rustamiyah; Baghdad...
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  • balad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Balad may refer to: Balad, Iran Bir-e Bala or Bālād, Konarak, Iran Balad, Iraq Balad Air Base, Iraq Balad District...
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    Aviano Air Base (IATA: AVB, ICAO: LIPA) (Italian: Base aerea di Aviano) is a base in northeastern Italy, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. It is located...
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  • Service Cross. By early 2004, a Joint Operations Center was set up in Balad Air Base where JSOC's war in Iraq would be run by the commander of Delta Force;...
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    hands over another air base to Iraqi forces". MilitaryTimes. April 5, 2020. "Marines, Coalition Forces Pull out of Iraq's Taqaddum Air Base | Military.com"...
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    Special Operations Command Central (category Organizations based in Tampa, Florida)
    Aviation Command (also referred to as 'Component'), which seems to be at Balad Air Base, one joint psychological operations task force, one Naval Special Warfare...
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    attempting to land at the Joint Base Balad in Balad, Iraq, which was at that time operated by the United States Air Force. The crash killed 34 people...
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    aggressive 60-day combat operation to kill or capture insurgents attacking Balad Air Base, Iraq. TF-1041's designated area of operations was one of the most violent...
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    Abu Ghraib prison (2003–06) Camp Bucca (2003–09) Camp Nama (2003–04) Balad Air Base (2003–2011) Death of Nagem Hatab (2003) Killing of Baha Mousa (2003)...
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    designation used to refer to Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command F-16 units deploying to Joint Base Balad. While the 332d designation was widely used...
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    the U.S. Air Force 332d Air Expeditionary Wing before they moved to Balad Air Base in January 2004. The 726th Maintenance Battalion (Massachusetts) arrived...
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    pressing issues. The French American indie band Freedom Fry chose their name based on the Freedom Fries phenomenon. In 2005, Robert Plant and his band Strange...
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  • detainees could be held at the secret jail, and another like it at Balad Air Base in Iraq, to two weeks. During the facility's existence, human rights...
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    Squadron at Balad Air Base, Iraq.  Nigeria Nigerian Air Force – 10 delivered as of January 2018. Nigeria temporarily operated four Pakistani Air Force Super...
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    17 July 2008, the USAF began flying Reaper missions within Iraq from Balad Air Base. It was reported on 11 August 2008 that the 174th Fighter Wing would...
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    propeller, the air vehicle can fly up to 400 nmi (460 mi; 740 km) to a target, loiter overhead for 14 hours, then return to its base. The MQ-1 Predator...
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    Air Base Changi Air Base Paya Lebar Air Base Baledogle Airfield Kunsan Air Base Osan Air Base RAF Akrotiri Morón Air Base Incirlik Air Base Izmir air...
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    Doug Collins (politician) (category United States Air Force chaplains)
    Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, Collins was deployed to Balad Air Base for five months in 2008 during the Iraq War. Collins served three terms...
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    Kelly at Balad Air Base in Balad, Iraq in 2010...
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    CH2000 from Kirkuk Air Base. 2008 - started flying the Cessna 208. 2015 - flying Cessna 208s from Ali Air Base and Balad Air Base. No. 4 Squadron 1937...
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    which went into production as the M88A2 Hercules. Air Ground Defense System (AGDS): Proposed air defense variant of the Abrams equipped with dual 35 mm...
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    of the task force's many aviation and intelligence assets, was based at Balad Air Base between Samarra and Baghdad; the four elements that it controlled...
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  • ASB) is a US Army National Guard battalion. It was stationed at Balad Air Base in Balad, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Headquarters Support Company...
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  • January 2007, an Antonov An-26 crashed while attempting a landing at Balad Air Base in Iraq. On 23 March 2007, a TransAVIAexport Airlines Ilyushin Il-76...
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    USO. They played for U.S. Soldiers at Camp Adder, Camp Beuhring, and Balad Air Base. On January 20, 2011, Avenged Sevenfold announced via Facebook that...
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    and Brent crude oil futures. On 4 January 2020, two rockets hit the Balad Air Base located near Baghdad. Two mortars also hit Baghdad's Green Zone. These...
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    Balad Air Base, Iraqi F-16s were sent to Tucson, Arizona, where Iraqi pilots trained on their aircraft. Four F-16IQs were delivered to Balad Air Base...
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    The 732nd Air Expeditionary Group is an inactive provisional United States Air Force unit. It was last active at Joint Base Balad, where it provided support...
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