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Elevation: 580 ft 177 m
GPS: 33.79661, 42.44399
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Sunny and sandy. Crowded if the base is occupied.

Ayn al Asad (IATA: IQA[2], ICAO: ORAA) is an Iraqi Armed Forces and United States Armed Forces base located in Al Anbar Governorate (also called Anbar province) of western Iraq. The base is also used by British Armed Forces in Iraq. It was originally known as Qadisiyah Airbase.

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Go on deployment, take a commercial flight to Kuwait, and then C-130 into Iraq.

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