An Iraqi F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, assigned to the 9th Fighter Squadron, takes off prior to performing a Close Air Support Mission at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on June 17, 2019.

Security measures have been increased at Balad Air Base in Iraq, which houses U.S. Air Force trainers and associated U.S. contractors, following a mortar attack last week.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — At least three rockets targeted Iraq's Balad Air Base, located north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, on Monday night, according to state media.

V2X has secured a cost-plus-fixed-fee, undefinitized contract action from the U.S. Air Force to support the Iraq F-16 program ...

It used to be Saddam's own Air Force Academy, if you will, and the training camp for his Olympic Team. It's another interesting side to Life at War. Capt. Chris Vasquez/ 388th Fighter Pilot: "The ...

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq—Pilots are only the most visible tip of the 122nd Fighter Wing, which landed in Iraq in January for a 45-day deployment that ended last week.

Ron Jensen ©Stars and StripesBalad Air Base, Iraq, December, 2004: A Christmas tree made from lumber and standing 41 feet tall was designed by Albert Pellot of DynCorp and built by Air Force ...

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- The concrete goes on forever, vanishing into the noonday glare, 2 million cubic feet of it, a mile-long slab that's now the home of up to 120 U.S. helicopters, a "heli-park ...

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq – The concrete goes on forever, vanishing into the noonday glare, 2 million cubic feet of it, a mile-long slab that's now the home of up to 120 U.S. helicopters, a "heli ...

Balad base hosts U.S. forces and contractors and is located about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Baghdad. Two mortars landed inside Iraq's Balad air base on Thursday, two Iraqi military sources ...

Rockets hit Balad air base, 2 Iraqi security forces wounded. By The Associated Press Apr 18, 2021. An Iraqi F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft takes off June 17, 2019, at Balad Air Base, Iraq.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Two rockets on Sunday landed close Iraq's Balad Air Base, located north of the capital of Baghdad, according to Iraq's Security Media Cell. The Katyusha rockets landed ...