Camp Speicher
Military air installation in Northern Iraq / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Majid al Tamimi Airbase, officially known as the Tikrit Air Academy and formerly as Al Sahra Airfield (under Saddam Hussein) is an air installation near Tikrit in northern Iraq. The installation is approximately 170 kilometers (105 mi) north of Baghdad and 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) west of the Tigris River. Prior to 2003, Al Sahra Airfield was the main base of the Iraqi Air Force Air Academy.[1] The Marines from Task Force Tripoli captured the base from the Iraqi Army during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq[2] and turned it over to the United States Army who used it as the headquarters of the United States Division–North (USD-N, formerly Multinational Division, North, (MND-N)). The airfield is served by two main runways measuring 9,600 feet (2,900 m) long with a shorter runway measuring 7,200-foot (2,200 m). The Americans named the airfield after Captain Michael Scott Speicher, a United States Navy pilot who was killed in action in Iraq during the Gulf War.
Tikrit Air Academy Al Sahra Airfield | |||||||
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Near Tikrit, Saladin Governorate in Iraq | |||||||
Coordinates | 34°40′39″N 043°33′02″E | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Iraqi Air Force | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1973 (1973) | ||||||
In use | 1973–present | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Elevation | 130 metres (427 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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