lots of landing strips , huge area. Watch out for sand storms and take precautions to protect engines and electrical equipment. The dust has over a hundred toxins and many harmful bacteria that will render important electrics useless as well as provide incorrect data. Stay on hard top except to travel on hard pan well used roads. UXO is there to be found and when found will almost certainly explode in your hands killing U and people near you. Before you back away, look around for other material. The HE gets really brittle in the sun, heat and will explode with a good sneeze. Filter your water. Bring antibiotics, don't swim in the lake and welcome yourself to a portal to hell
Reply to @ptomblin: There seems to be evidence on the net that there is a weather station here with the ICAO code KQMG, but since, as I said, ICAO codes starting with K are reserved for the US, I can only speculate that this is a US armed forces weather station, not an Iraqi one. Iraqi airports that have ICAO codes have codes that start with "OR". All ICAO airport codes are 4 letters long, and one or two letters of that code designate the country, so airports in the "lower 48" contiguous US states that have ICAO codes (not all do, some have local codes) have codes that start with "K", airports in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico have codes that start with "PA", "PH" and "TJ" respectively, Canadian airports have codes that start with "C", etc.
"From someone who also was posted to Iraq, Shaibah in '54", I remember that train trip well, at one time it was so slow that a couple of us stepped off and walked awhile and climbed back on board. Many,many moons ago!!!
Al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq
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🔗 Sun, 17 Mar 2024
— @Muslim12 at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq
Can you contact you?
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🔗 Thu, 07 Sep 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq
Why you used my phone number for this page ?
Translator
🔗 Sat, 29 Jul 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq
Hi, how i can check if the U.S army needs a translator in Al Asad Air Base. thanks.
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🔗 Fri, 31 Mar 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Markab Northeast Airport, Iraq
Nagalaxshmi IAS NEED SAFETYBELTS..CUSHION SEATING..FLYING PROOOF MATERIALS. HELMETS.. ROPES..LONGJUMP..BUCKETS.. AEROPLANE TOWELS. FLYINGKITS ALL NECESSARY ...INTIMATE MOM ALSO...
Hazards
🔗 Wed, 11 Sep 2013
— Anonymous Flyer at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq
lots of landing strips , huge area. Watch out for sand storms and take precautions to protect engines and electrical equipment. The dust has over a hundred toxins and many harmful bacteria that will render important electrics useless as well as provide incorrect data. Stay on hard top except to travel on hard pan well used roads. UXO is there to be found and when found will almost certainly explode in your hands killing U and people near you. Before you back away, look around for other material. The HE gets really brittle in the sun, heat and will explode with a good sneeze. Filter your water. Bring antibiotics, don't swim in the lake and welcome yourself to a portal to hell
re: update
🔗 Fri, 11 Mar 2011
— @thesis at Mudaysis Air Base, Iraq
Reply to @ptomblin:
Thanx.
I get the occasional weather reports, such as listed below. In one newsletter mentioned codes KQ?? and OR??.
Maybe it's really U.S. military base, which is actually located in Iraq, but has a code of a group of KQ?? for administrative reasons?
SAIQ31 KWBC 020400
METAR KQAD NIL=
METAR KQAE 020355Z 31003KT 9999 CLR 10/05 A3009 RMK SLP189=
METAR KQEZ NIL=
METAR KQMG NIL=
METAR KQMH NIL=
METAR KQTO 020355Z 29005KT 9999 FEW005 08/05 A3005 RMK FU FEW005
SLP178=
METAR KQTU 020355Z 03003KT 8000 HZ FEW150 09/06 A3006 RMK SLP182=
METAR KQTW NIL=
METAR KQTX 020355Z VRB02KT 9999 CLR 09/05 A3003 RMK SLP175=
METAR KQTZ 020355Z 26004G13KT 9999 CLR 10/05 A3007 RMK SLP183
QNH1018MB
WND DATA ESTMD ALSTG/SLP ESTMD=
METAR KQVO NIL=
METAR KQXJ 020355Z 28010KT 9999 CLR 09/02 A3007 RMK SLP177 PA-117
DA-775=
METAR KQXN NIL=
METAR ORBI 020400Z 29006KT CAVOK 09/05 Q1018 NOSIG=
METAR ORER NIL=
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SAIQ31 KWBC 071100
METAR
KQAD NIL=
METAR KQAE 071055Z 16017G24KT 1000 BLDU VV008 24/00 A2997 RMK SLP149
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METAR KQEZ NIL=
METAR KQMG NIL=
METAR KQMH NIL=
METAR KQTO 071055Z 16022G36KT 2400 BLDU SCT000 BKN150 24/M02 A2994 RMK
PK WND 15037/36 DU SCT000 SLP155=
METAR KQTU 071055Z 15012G19KT 2000 DU BR BKN100 14/03 A3000 RMK
TWR VIS 1600 SLP159 DA+722 RH49=
METAR KQTW NIL=
METAR KQTX 071055Z 15024G31KT 0800 DS BKN000 OVC090 20/M05 A2995 RMK
PK WND 14937/35 SLP139=
METAR KQTZ 071055Z 12020G41KT 2000 BLDU OVC010 24/00 A2995 RMK DU
OVC010 PK WND 12041/44 12041/55 SLP140 QNH1014MB WND DATA ESTMD
ALSTG/SLP ESTMD=
METAR KQVO NIL=
METAR KQXJ 071055Z 15023G28KT 2600 BLDU SCT015 BKN020 OVC025 28/M01 A3000
RMK DU SCT015 BKN020 OVC025 SLP159 PA-53 DA+1488=
METAR KQXN NIL=
METAR ORBI NIL=
METAR ORER NIL=
re: update
🔗 Thu, 10 Mar 2011
— @ptomblin at Mudaysis Air Base, Iraq
Reply to @ptomblin: There seems to be evidence on the net that there is a weather station here with the ICAO code KQMG, but since, as I said, ICAO codes starting with K are reserved for the US, I can only speculate that this is a US armed forces weather station, not an Iraqi one. Iraqi airports that have ICAO codes have codes that start with "OR". All ICAO airport codes are 4 letters long, and one or two letters of that code designate the country, so airports in the "lower 48" contiguous US states that have ICAO codes (not all do, some have local codes) have codes that start with "K", airports in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico have codes that start with "PA", "PH" and "TJ" respectively, Canadian airports have codes that start with "C", etc.
re: update
🔗 Thu, 10 Mar 2011
— @ptomblin at Mudaysis Air Base, Iraq
Reply to @thesis: ICAO codes starting with K are only for airports in the US. Whoever told you this one was KQMG is full of it.
update
🔗 Thu, 10 Mar 2011
— @thesis at Mudaysis Air Base, Iraq
http://www.wxusa.com/wx1/wx.php?config=&forecast=pass&pass=icao_desc&icao=KQMG&dpp=1
this AB has ICAO code KQMG
re: An Ex RAF base, Was MEAF HQ in 1950's
🔗 Sun, 19 Dec 2010
— @rogerj at Habbaniyah Airport, Iraq
"From someone who also was posted to Iraq, Shaibah in '54", I remember that train trip well, at one time it was so slow that a couple of us stepped off and walked awhile and climbed back on board. Many,many moons ago!!!
An Ex RAF base, Was MEAF HQ in 1950's
🔗 Sun, 11 Apr 2010
— Anonymous Flyer at Habbaniyah Airport, Iraq
When i was posted to Iraq in 1954 I was in the tented transit camp at Habbaniya for two weeks before travelling by train down to RAF Shaibah
Thanks
🔗 Mon, 25 May 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq
My son is there part of the 1-214th, I miss him but am proud of his service! Thanks for your service!
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