• Iraq Command was the Royal Air Force (RAF) commanded inter-service command in charge of British forces in Iraq in the 1920s and early 1930s, during the...
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    1 October 1922, the Royal Air Force (RAF) elements stationed in Iraq were reorganized into the RAF Iraq Command, which came about partially as a result...
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    (Air Vice-Marshal Harry George Smart, also air officer commanding RAF Iraq Command), between Ramadi and Fallujah. The bases protected British petroleum...
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    occupants were dead. RAF Habbaniya was extensive and, as well as the airfield, included the Air Headquarters of RAF Iraq Command, communication facilities...
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    personnel that served in Albania, Italy and/or Greece. RAF Iraq Command RAF Habbaniya RAF Shaibah RAF Regiment Kirkuk Massacre of 1924 Simele massacre Iraqforce...
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  • which London controlled Iraq. The Levies were adequate for their intended mission of defending airfields of RAF Iraq Command, but the threat of war with...
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  • Armoured Car Company RAF was a military unit of Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) based in Iraq and which played a role in the defence of RAF Habbaniya during...
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  • Northern Ireland Kingdom of Iraq RAF Iraq Command RAF Habbaniya RAF Hinaidi RAF Shaibah 1941 Iraqi coup d'état Anglo-Iraqi War Lyman, p. 8 Peretz, Don...
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    (2015–present) List of Turkish operations in northern Iraq Kurdistan Region-PKK conflict RAF Iraq Command Timeline of Kurdish uprisings List of modern conflicts...
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  • The Iraqi Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of Iraq. They consist of the Ground forces, the Army Aviation Command, the Iraqi Air Force...
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    Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
    Defence, 1998, p. 24. "Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Overseas CommandsIraq, India and the Far East". Archived from the original...
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    based at RAF Hinaidi. Before the creation of the new air force, the RAF Iraq Command was in charge of all British Armed Forces elements in Iraq in the 1920s...
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    the US Central Command area requires further missions. U-2s also transit through RAF Akrotiri either on going into the Central Command theatre, or returning...
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  • Iraqforce (category Iraq in World War II)
    RAF Iraq Command was created as an inter-service command in charge of all British forces in the mandate-controlled Kingdom of Iraq and was commanded by...
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  • to command status. 1 October – RAF Iraq Command is formed. 1923 February - RAF Ireland is disbanded. April - The RAF's first air trooping operation is...
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  • in purely RAF-context in 1936 when Bomber Command, Fighter Command, Coastal Command and Training Command were formed. Since that time the RAF has made...
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    The Persia and Iraq Command was a command of the British Army established during the Second World War in September 1942 in Baghdad. Its primary role was...
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  • Brian Burridge (category Royal Air Force personnel of the Iraq War)
    operations in Iraq during the period 19 March to 19 April 2003" on 31 October 2003. In July 2003 Burridge became Commander-in-Chief RAF Strike Command. He served...
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    Wiltshire, HQ Land Command at Erskine Barracks in Wiltshire and RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, being considered for the role. Joint Helicopter Command was formed...
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    from February 1922 before being appointed Chief Staff Officer for RAF Iraq Command in August 1924. Dowding was an accomplished skier, winner of the first...
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  • AHQ Iraq (Air Headquarters Iraq or Air H.Q. Iraq) was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The command was formed on 1 November 1941 by renaming HQ...
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  • Air Service RAF Iraq Command RAF Regiment No. 2 Squadron RAF Regiment 1941 Iraqi coup d'état Iraqforce Number 1 Armoured Car Company RAF Warwick, In Every...
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  • Company from 18 November, then as a staff officer at the Headquarters of RAF Iraq Command from 16 February 1926. On 1 July 1927 Lee was promoted to squadron...
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    Following from these successes, the decision was made to create a unified RAF Iraq Command to use air power as a more cost-effective way of controlling large...
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    Great Britain and, in 1934, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Iraq Command. Gossage was promoted Air Commodore in 1932. In 1935 he was briefly...
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    United States Central Command, headquarters of the United States Air Forces Central Command, No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group RAF, and the 379th Air Expeditionary...
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  • absorbed into the newly formed RAF Iraq Command which was given control of all British forces in Iraq.[1] Faisal I, leader of Iraq from 1921 to 1933, helped...
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    coalition to liberate Iraqi-occupied Kuwait by "all necessary means" if Iraq did not withdraw its forces by 15 January 1991. Iraq failed to do so, and...
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    Mahmud Barzanji revolts (category 1919 in Iraq)
    peace accord with the new Iraqi government, returning from the underground to the independent Iraq in 1932. RAF Iraq Command List of modern conflicts in...
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    Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930. Anglo-French Declaration Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (1930) British-Iraqi relations British Mandate of Mesopotamia RAF Iraq Command Faisal...
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