• Al-Asad Airbase (IATA: IQA, ICAO: ORAA) is an Iraqi airbase located in al-Anbar Governorate of western Iraq. It was originally known as Qadisiyah Airbase...
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    over 12 ballistic missiles at the al-Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, western Iraq, as well as another airbase in Erbil, in response to the assassination...
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    strike on al-Asad Airbase, a United States base in northern Iraq. The airstrike was intercepted. The next day, a false alarm in the airbase caused the...
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  • Bassel al-Assad Rifaat al-Assad Jamil al-Assad Maher al-Assad Bushra al-Assad Asad (disambiguation) Aslan (disambiguation) Lake Assad Al Asad Airbase Haydar...
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    by Bashar al-Assad Presidency of Hafez al-Assad Foreign Policy of Bashar al-Assad /bəˈʃɑːr æl.əˈsɑːd/ bə-SHAR AL-ə-SAHD, also /ælˈæsæd/ al-ASS-ad; Arabic:...
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    resulting in traumatic brain injuries for 110 U.S. servicemen at the Ayn al Asad Airbase in Iraq. Ortagus called on Iran to allow the United States to participate...
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    January 2020, Iranian forces launched ballistic missiles at the Al Asad Airbase and an airbase near Erbil, both in Iraq, where American personnel were located...
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  • says that a ballistic missile attack by Iranian-backed militias on Al-Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Governorate injured several U.S. troops and at least one Iraqi...
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  • struck three separate times in 24 hours, including drone strikes in Al-Asad Airbase and Al-Harir Air Base, as well as an IED attack on a patrol near the Mosul...
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    Star, 1974 /ˈhɑːfɛz ˌæl.əˈsɑːd, - ælˈæsæd/ HAH-fez AL-ə-SAHD, -⁠ al-ASS-ad; Arabic: حَافِظُ ٱلْأَسَدِ‎, romanized: Ḥāfiẓ al-ʾAsad, Levantine Arabic: [ˈħɑːfəzˤ...
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  • was transported to Al-Asad Airbase and his computer was searched. Following his release, he decided to start working in the Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad...
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  • It is the closest village to the U.S. Military's Al Asad Airbase, (formerly known as Qadisiyah Airbase under Saddam Hussein's rule). It was the site of...
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  • Look up Assad, Asad, or أسد in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Al-Assad family is a Syrian political family. al-Assad or Assad (Arabic: الْأَسَد)...
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    Will Witherspoon Witherspoon at Al Asad Airbase in 2009 No. 54, 51, 50, 92 Position: Linebacker Personal information Born: (1980-08-19) August 19, 1980...
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    Al Taqaddum Airbase (Arabic: قاعدة التقدم الجوية) or Al Taqaddum AB (IATA: TQD, ICAO: ORAT), called TQ in military shorthand slang, is an air base that...
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    strike happened near Al-Asad Airbase after the militia members reportedly launched a ballistic missile against Al-Asad airbase. The Deputy Press Secretary...
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  • Corps. It is now headquartered at Al Asad Airbase. It played a part in the defeat of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in Al Anbar Governorate in 2007. In April...
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    United States, Baghdad-Baghdad Al-Asad Airbase, al-Anbar Governorate Erbil air base, Erbil International Airport-Erbil Al-Harir Air Base, Erbil Governorate...
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    country. I am a proud American. That month, the former US vice president Al Gore told a college audience: "[The Dixie Chicks] were made to feel un-American...
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    forward operating bases (FOBs). 2nd MAW eventually headquartered at Al Asad Airbase to serve as the aviation combat element of Multi-National Forces West...
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    support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with a final deployment in 2008 to Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq. The Squadron radio callsign was "Blade". Intercept...
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    Task Force 2d Battalion, 153d Infantry Regiment was stationed in Al Asad Airbase, Iraq and was organized as a convoy security battalion. The battalion...
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    Al Anbar Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الأنبار; muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of...
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    April 4, 2020. "Iraq – Poles Move Out Of Karbala". "Soldiers preserve Al Asad". Morgan, W (2011). Iraq Order Of Battle 2011. US: Institute for the Study...
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    Battle "E" and Safety "S" awards. In October 2007, VAQ-142 deployed to Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, for six months as a forward deployed expeditionary squadron...
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    at the Ayn al-Asad airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, Western Iraq, where U.S.-led coalition forces are stationed as well as another airbase in Erbil, Iraqi...
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    continues to interfere in the region. After the missile attack on Ayn al-Asad airbase, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by the Islamic...
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    arrived. Units have been based at Camp Taji since May 2016. Also known as Al Azraq - 332 AEW/407th Air Expeditionary Group (386 AEW/332 AEW/407th Air Expeditionary...
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  • Retrieved August 10, 2024. "Remarks by President Trump to Troops at Al Asad Air Base, Al Anbar Province, Iraq". whitehouse.gov. 26 December 2018. Archived...
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  • Construction 105.1 MHz Mosul (Camp Diamondback/FOB Marez) — 1 kW 107.3 MHz Al Asad Airbase Balad (LSA Anaconda) — 250 W Nasiriyah (Tallil Air Base) — 200 W Qayyarah...
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