Sahl Sinjar Air Base

Sahl Sinjar AB

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Location of Sahl Sinjar Air Base, Iraq

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.

Sahl Sinjar Airbase was located approximately 350 kilometers North of Baghdad, and about 100 kilometers Southwest of Mosul.^[1] The airbase was served by a 9,800 foot long runway, and there were two parallel taxiways that could be used as emergency landing strips.

The base was heavily attacked by Coalition airpower during Operation Desert Storm in January 1991, and seized by Coalition ground forces in February 1991. It was abandoned by the Iraqi Air Force after the cease fire in late February and afterwards thoroughly looted.