Safwan Air Base
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Safwan Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force
base in the Basra Governorate of Iraq
. It was captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
and signing of the Cease-Fire which suspended Operation Desert Storm.
It was apparently abandoned after the cease-fire and was later seized by Coalition ground forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003. Today the airfield is abandoned in some desert/agricultural fields; the long runway has numerous tire markings on it, probably being used for touch/go landings but otherwise unused.
Iraqi Air Force
The Iraqi Air Force or IQAF is the military branch in Iraq responsible for the policing of international borders, surveillance of national assets and aerial operations...
base in the Basra Governorate of Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. It was captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
Overview
The facility was an auxiliary airfield, consisting of a 10,000 foot runway and a small aircraft parking ramp. In March 1991 it was the location of the Safwan Airfield StandoffSafwan Airfield Standoff
The Safwan Airfield Standoff was a post-ceasefire standoff between the Iraqi and U.S. forces at the end of the 1991 Gulf War.-Background:After the ground offensive, General Schwarzkopf of the coalition forces wanted a spot deep in Iraq to discuss the capitulation terms...
and signing of the Cease-Fire which suspended Operation Desert Storm.
It was apparently abandoned after the cease-fire and was later seized by Coalition ground forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003. Today the airfield is abandoned in some desert/agricultural fields; the long runway has numerous tire markings on it, probably being used for touch/go landings but otherwise unused.