K-1 Air Base

K-1 Air Base
Kaywan
Kirkuk Governorate in Iraq
Site information
Type	Military Airbase
Owner	Ministry of Defence (Iraq)
Operator	Iraqi Army
Location
K-1 Air Base Shown within Iraq
Coordinates	35°30′45″N 44°17′03″E / 35.51250°N 44.28417°E / 35.51250; 44.28417
Site history
Built	2003 (2003)
In use	2003 – present

K-1 Air Base, or Kaywan, is a former Iraqi Air Force base and military base in the Kirkuk Governorate of Iraq. It was captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, later served as the headquarters of the 12th Division of the Iraqi Army. In 2014 it was taken over by the Kurdish Peshmerga. On October 16, 2017, the base was taken back by Iraqi special forces during the Battle of Kirkuk.