Victory Base Complex
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Victory Base Complex was a cluster of U.S. military installations surrounding Baghdad International Airport during the Iraq War. The primary component of the VBC was Camp Victory, the location of the
Perfume Palace during US occupancy, with Ba'ath Party Palace in background
Victory Over America Palace, where construction stopped in 2003
Flintstone House (2004)
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
Victory Base Complex
…Victory Base Complex (VBC) was a cluster of U.S. military installations surrounding Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) during the Iraq War. The primary component of the VBC was Camp Victory, the location of the Al-Faw Palace, which served as the headquarters for…
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