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Mudaysis Air Base

Mudaysis
Summary
LocationAl Anbar Governorate, Iraq
Coordinates32°24′36″N 41°56′55″E / 32.4099°N 41.9486°E / 32.4099; 41.9486
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Mudaysis is a military airfield located in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. The field was used various times by the United States military during the 2003 Iraq War.

During the 1991 Gulf War, the Mudaysis radar site was knocked out by F-15 Eagles.[1] Several Dassault Mirage F1 aircraft were shot down over Mudaysis by the F-15s.[2]

In 2003, radar sites at Mudaysis were bombed by American aircraft;[3] an F-16 attacked the radar site with a PGM.[4]

References

  1. ^ Wilcox, Robert K. (2010-05-11). Wings of Fury: From Vietnam to the Gulf War the Astonishing True. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439139561.
  2. ^ Davies, Steve (2005-01-01). F-15C Eagle Units in Combat. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781841767307.
  3. ^ CNN Transcript: Daily Defense Briefing, Aired April 1, 2003 - 14:01 ET
  4. ^ Anthony Tucker-Jones (31 March 2014). The Iraq War: Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003. Pen and Sword. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-1-4738-3467-5.
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