Active August 2004-current Branch Iraqi Air Force Size 58 personnel | Country Iraq Role Reconnaissance | |
Base Basra International Airport | ||
No. 70 Squadron is one of two reconnaissance squadrons of the Iraqi Air Force (IqAF), the other being the No. 3 Sqn IqAF based at Kirkuk Air Base.
Current use
70 Sqn is based at Basra International Airport and is responsible for securing the southern Iraqi border and protecting Iraqi infrastructure. It currently consists of 12 CH2000 reconnaissance/ liaison aircraft. 2 Seabird Seekers had been previously used by the squadron, but now appear to have been withdrawn.
During the Iraqi Army offensive against the Mahdi Army in March 2008, the squadron flew 53 missions over Basra, providing 91 hours of intelligence and reconnaissance to Iraqi Army forces on the ground, including information about enemy troop concentration and bomb damage assessments.
References
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