Tall Afar Air Base

Tall Afar Air Base FOB Tall Afar
Coordinates	36°17′04″N 042°24′17″E / 36.28444°N 42.40472°E

Tall Afar AB

Location of Tall Afar Air Base, Iraq

Tall Afar Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force base in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq. It was captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

Overview

Tall Afar Air Base was a primary air base for the Iraqi Air Force. At each end of the main 10,000-foot runway are a dozen hardened aircraft shelters known as "Trapezoids" or "Yugos" which were built by Yugoslavian contractors some time prior to 1985 with multiple runways and taxiways, patterned after their Russian counterparts.

The base was heavily attacked by Coalition airpower during Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003, and seized by Coalition ground forces.

Current Use

The base is now being used as a training camp for the Isil's Knights of War Battalion.^{[1] [Expired Link]}

References

1. "Jihadists continue to advertise training camps in Iraq and Syria". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 6 February 2015.