23rd Squadron (Iraq)
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The 23rd Squadron of the Iraqi Air Force is an air transport squadron operating the Lockheed C-130J Hercules.
A 23rd Squadron C-130E taking off from Al-Asad Airbase in 2005
An Iraqi C-130J-30 in 2021
Baghdad International Airport, previously known as Saddam International Airport is an international airport serving Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. It is located in a suburb about 16 km west of the down
23rd Squadron (Iraq)
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Baghdad International Airport in August 2025
A recreation of a diagram of the then under construction Baghdad International Airport in 1968.
An Iraqi Airways 737-200 parked in front of the old interim terminal in 2008.
Inside view of the deserted Samarra Blue terminal 3 terminal in 2003, showing a nonfunctional FIDS (note the red and white icon for the long-defunct East German airline Interflug on the fourth row from the bottom, a legacy of the invasion of Kuwait), in front of empty check-in desks and passport control