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Ruwayshid Air Base

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AN · Iraq

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32.406°, 39.124°

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Iraqi military air base in the western desert region.

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Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq

Ruwayshid Air Base is a military airfield located in western Iraq, associated with Iraqi defense operations in a remote desert area near the Jordanian border region. The facility is a military installation and does not serve commercial passenger traffic. As a restricted military asset, detailed public information about its operational history and infrastructure is limited. The base shares a geographic name with the Jordanian town of Ar-Ruwayshid, reflecting the cross-border regional identity of this remote desert corridor.

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›Military-only airfield with no commercial operations.
›Located in the remote western desert of Iraq near the Jordanian border area.
›No IATA code assigned, reflecting its non-commercial status.
›Limited publicly available information due to its military classification.
›Designated under the ICAO identifier IQ-0040.

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Ruwayshid Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force base in the Al-Anbar Governorate of Iraq. It was captured by Coalition forces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Ruwayshid Air Base

Former Air Force base in Al-Anbar, Iraq

Ruwayshid Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force base in the Al-Anbar Governorate of Iraq. It was captured by Coalition forces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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