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Coalition helicopter sets fire in Camp Speicher | |
2019-05-10 | |
The Command said in a press statement that the Civil Defense vehicles of Salahuddin Province, backed by the Command’s forces, managed to put out the fire that broke out in the dry bushes, in Martyr Majid Tamimi Airbase (Camp Speicher). "The flames spread due to wind power and reached the nearby farms," the Command added. "The fire was caused by the firing of heat flares on the dry grass by a US-led coalition helicopter." It is noteworthy that Camp Speicher is an air installation near Tikrit in northern Iraq. The United States Army captured the base from the Iraqi Army during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Prior to the 2003 invasion, the installation was the main base of the Iraqi Air Force Air Academy. | |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#1 Title line and photo in the article are a little deceiving. No pine trees or sloping hills on Speicher, unless there's been some sort of significant tectonic plate shifting since the 2008 time frame. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2019-05-10 13:31 |