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Sahl Sinjar Air Base

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NI · Iraq

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35.859°, 42.142°

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Military air base in the Sinjar region of northwestern Iraq.

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Sinjar, Iraq

Sahl Sinjar Air Base is a military airfield located in the Sinjar district of Nineveh Governorate in northwestern Iraq. The facility sits near the Sinjar Mountains, an area historically associated with the Yazidi minority community. The base gained strategic significance during and after the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq, as control of the Sinjar region was contested between multiple armed factions. Various Iraqi and Kurdish-affiliated military forces have operated from or near the airfield at different periods. As a military installation, the base does not serve commercial aviation and has no scheduled passenger services. Detailed operational data regarding the facility remains limited in open-source records.

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›Located in Nineveh Governorate in northwestern Iraq near the Sinjar Mountains.
›The Sinjar region is predominantly inhabited by the Yazidi ethnic and religious minority.
›The area was seized by ISIS in 2014 and later retaken by Kurdish and Iraqi forces.
›The base is a military installation with no known commercial aviation activity.
›ICAO designator IQ-0042 is an informal or provisional identifier not in standard ICAO documentation.

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Sahl Sinjar 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.

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Sahl Sinjar Air Base

Former Iraqi Air Force base

Sahl Sinjar 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.

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