Introduction
Location: Anbar Province, near the city of al-Baghdadi.
- 33° 48′ 0″ N, 42° 26′ 0″ E
- 33.8, 42.433333
- Wikimapia
al-Asad Air Base, Anbar Province, Iraq – Wikimapia
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=33.814811&lon=42.474174&z=13&m=b
Coalition ground troops operating as trainers for Iraqi forces have been based at Al-Asad since 2014. In February 2015 320 US Marines were reportedly based at al-Asad, and in March 2015, the Australian government announced that 300 Australian specialist trainers would be deployed to the base.
Sources
Al Asad Air Base, Wikipedia
See also
- Australian Bases Abroad, Nautilus Institute