I Medically Retired, Right now I'm back home with family about to start a new life.
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OIF/Transition of Iraq (2003-04)/LSA Anaconda/Joint Base Balad, Iraq
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Description Balad Air Base is an Iraqi Air Force base located near Balad in the Sunni Triangle 40 miles (64 km) north of Baghdad, Iraq.
It was opened during the 1980s called Al-Bakr Air Base which housed Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 fighters, during the 2000s the base was occupied by the United States Armed Forces as part of the Iraq War and called both Balad Air Base by the United States Air Force and LSA Anaconda by the United States Army before being renamed Joint Base Balad on 15 June 2008. The base was handed back to the Iraqi Air Force during December 2011 returning to be called Balad Air Base.
During the Iraq War it was the second largest U.S. Base in Iraq and today is home to the Iraqi Air Force's General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons.
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Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember 3HBCT HHC 1-8 Inf Mortars (4ID)
Memories It was quite the experience! I came home alive!
