The 109th Attack Squadron is an Iraqi Air Force ground-attack

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. It operates the

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from Al Rasheed Air Base.

Pre-2003 era

No. 109 Squadron was established in 1978. It was equipped with Sukhoi Su-22s, and was based at Wahda AB near

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. No. 109 Squadron's pilots became the first in Iraq to receive dedicated training for anti-ship attacks. The squadron participated in the three waves of Iraqi air strikes on Iran on the first day of the Iran-Iraq War. It did not lose any aircraft on that day.

Post-2003 era

On 2 April 2015, the

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confirmed that the 109th Attack Squadron had been formed at

Rasheed Air Base Al Rasheed Air Base is a major Iraqi Air Force base on the south east outskirts of Baghdad, in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. It is located approximately 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) southeast of downtown Baghdad. The air base is served by a ...

to operate the

s the country received from Russia and Iran. The first of these aircraft had arrived in Iraq on 28 June 2014.

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