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 …

Al Sahra Airfield is located near Tikrit in northern Iraq, approximately 170 kilometers North of Baghdad and 11 kilometers west of the Tigris River. The airfield is served by 2 main runways...

Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher, previously known as Camp Speicher or Forward Operating Base (FOB) Speicher (sometimes erroneously written as "Spiker"), was located at Al Sahra Airfield...

COB Speicher was called Al Sahra Airfield until its capture from the Iraqi Army during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. COB Speicher was located near Tikrit in northern Iraq, approximately 170 kilometers north of Baghdad and 11 kilometers west of the Tigris River. Two main runways serve the airfield at COB Speicher.

May 11, 2013 · As I explained in my previous posting describing my time serving in Iraq, my unit of Bradleys was tasked to secure Al Sahra Airfield located just north of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit. The Marines at the time were mopping up the last pockets of resistance during major combat operations while we were to secure this airfield to allow an ...

Majid al Tamimi Airbase, officially known as the Tikrit Air Academy and formerly as Al Sahra Airfield is an air installation near Tikrit in northern Iraq.

Camp Speicher, officially known as the Tikrit Air Academy and formerly as FOB Speicher, COB Speicher, and Al Sahra Airfield is an air installation near Tikrit in northern Iraq. The installation is approximately 170 kilometers north of Baghdad and 11 kilometers west of the Tigris River.

COB Speicher formerly FOB Speicher (Al Sahra Airfield under Saddam Hussein) was a US Army Contingency Operating Base (COB) captured from the Iraqi Army during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. It was reassigned from a Forward Operating Base to …

Construite durant les années 1970 à l'ouest de la ville natale de Saddam Hussein, Tikrit, Al Sahra fut jusqu'en 2003 le principal centre de formation de l'armée de l'air irakienne. Très étendu et doté d'au moins deux pistes, il abritait une école de pilotage et d'autres installations pour l'entraînement des aviateurs irakiens.

Apr 6, 2001 · DoD released imagery of Al Sahra Airfield struck during Desert Fox. Visible are possible BW storage bunkers and aircraft that could be used for aerosol dispersal.