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Article on AL Asad ATC and pic of tower. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.110.147.10 (talk) 21:39, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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This is an Iraqi base. The article however focusses almost entirely on US forces, going so far as to allege it was closed when US forces left. I assume that Iraqi forces actually took command of the base at that time, and remain there in large numbers.Royalcourtier (talk) 08:08, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Order of Battle (OOB) Section is Incomplete (It shows only F/A-18D squadrons)

The order of battle section lists only VMFA F/A-18D squadrons. There were many other squadrons based at Al Asad (AV-8Bs, KC-130s, F/A-18s, etc.).

As currently written, the order of battle section misleads the reader into believing that Al Asad only hosted Marine F/A-18Ds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.210.26.225 (talk) 18:47, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Early casualty reports

Some early casualty reports appeared on this page, citing a tweet from filmmaker Mark Hughes - this doesn't meet the standard for reliable sources, and Hughes himself seems to have retracted this report in a later tweet:

https://twitter.com/markhughesfilms/status/1214695879300407296

I would suggest we wait and see on this - likely to be lots of unreliable information flying around, particularly if this is an ongoing attack. Here's hoping the casualty reports were untrue. Juansmith (talk) 00:11, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Previous report and false report

On December 3, 2019, Reuters reported that on December 3, 2019, five rockets had landed on on Ain al-Asad airbase and that there were no injuries.^[1] According to a January 3, 2020 Reuters article, a "security source" inside Al Asad Airbase and a "local official at a nearby town" said that the reports that the Al Asad Airbase were under attack, were false.^[2] These reports on Twitter temporarily caused a rally of U.S. and Brent crude oil futures, according to Reuters.^[2]Oceanflynn (talk) 00:22, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Rasheed, Ahmed; Hassan, Samar (December 3, 2019). "Rockets hit base hosting U.S. forces in western Iraq". Reuters. Cairo. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Reports of attacks on U.S. military base in Iraq are false: two sources". Reuters. 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-01-07.

Discuss move to Ayn al-Asad Airbase

From what it seems like, Ayn is necessary to the name of this base like New is necessary to the name New York. Also typically "al" is not capitalized and there is a hyphen, al-Asad. If authors on other pages want to style the name of the base properly, they have to cover over the name of this page, i.e. Ayn al-Asad Airbase. It should have the proper name right here. TwoEvenPrimes (talk) 11:32, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Deployed Squadrons

VMFA-115 flying F/A-18A+ were deployed to Al Asad Airbase from March 2008 to August 2008. 136.34.27.64 (talk) 01:52, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[reuters_20191203-1] Rasheed, Ahmed; Hassan, Samar (December 3, 2019). "Rockets hit base hosting U.S. forces in western Iraq". Reuters. Cairo. Retrieved January 7, 2020.

[reuters_20200103-2] "Reports of attacks on U.S. military base in Iraq are false: two sources". Reuters. 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-01-07.

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