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base located near

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Overview

This airfield was built to support the H4 oil pumping station of the Mosul–Haifa oil pipeline built by the Iraq Petroleum Company between 1932 and 1934 in the

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at that time a protectorate of the British Empire. The airfield was used by the RAF during

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as the Advanced Headquarters for operations against the rebels in Iraq during the

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. The Airbase is now operated by the Royal Jordanian Air Force. Between November 2014 and January 2015, the United States began positioning

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at the base. The base also houses AH-1F Cobras, believed to be from the 10th and 12th Squadrons of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, and a

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from the 15th Squadron and the Air Tractor 802i from the 25th Squadron

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