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At the height of the occupation the US had 170,000 personnel in uniform stationed in 505 bases throughout all provinces of Iraq. Another 135,000 private military contractors were also working in Iraq. [1] [2] Due to International military intervention against ISIL, personnel have returned to old bases and new bases created.
Victory Base Complex (VBC) was a cluster of U.S. military installations surrounding the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). The primary component of the VBC was Camp Victory, the location of the Al-Faw Palace, which served as the headquarters for the Multi-National Corps - Iraq, and later as the headquarters for the United States Forces - Iraq.
United States Air Force United States Army United States Navy: Site history; Built: 2003 Expansions 2004, 2005, 2007, 2007–2008: Built by: U.S. Army Engineers, U.S. Air Force Prime BEEF teams Kellogg Brown and Root United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Navy Seabees: In use: 2003–2009: Battles/wars: Iraq War
English: Map of ground operations of Operation Desert Storm starting invasion February 24-28th 1991. Shows allied and Iraqi forces. Special arrows indicate the American 101 st Airborne division moved by air and where the French 6 st light division and American 3 rd Armored Cavalry Regiment provided security.
Iraq became one of the top purchasers of US military equipment with their army trading its AK‑47 assault rifles for the US M‑16 and M‑4 rifles, among other equipment. [275] In 2008 alone, Iraq accounted for more than $12.5 billion of the $34 billion US weapon sales to foreign countries (not including the potential F-16 fighter planes.).
US Army, Iraqi Army Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah ( Arabic :إسكندرية), or FOB Iskandariyah , was a United States military forward operating base located on the grounds of the Musayyib Power Plant and the banks of the Euphrates River , north of the town of Musayyib , Babil Governorate , Iraq from 2003 to 2009.
Forward Operating Base Freedom was a small United States Army base located inside the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq. The base was located along the west bank of the Tigris River , immediately east of the 14th of July Bridge .
United States portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States military people of the Iraq War . This category is for U.S. military veterans of the Iraq War (2003-2011).