Iraq Military Bases & Installations

OSINT intelligence database · Source: Open-source analysis · Verified 2025

4
Total Bases
2
Air Bases
1
Naval Bases
1
Military
AIR BASES & AIR FORCE INSTALLATIONS (2)
Balad Air Base (Anaconda)
Air Base
Location
Iraq
Operator
Iraqi Air Force / USAF residual advisory
Personnel
5,000 est.
Established
1953
Garrison: IqAF F-16IQ Fighting Falcon (34 aircraft), C-130J, King Air 350
Iraq's primary air base. F-16IQ — US-supplied fighters. C-130J. Former US mega-base Camp Anaconda. Iran missile target.
Strategic: Iran fired ballistic missiles at Balad January 2020 (Soleimani response) injuring US troops. Iraqi sovereignty vs US/Iran proxy tension.
Kirkuk Air Base (K1)
Air Base
Location
Iraq
Operator
Iraqi Army / CJTF-OIR advisory
Personnel
3,000 est.
Established
1949
Garrison: Iraqi Army, US advisory forces, helicopter operations, Kurdish/Disputed Territories
Kirkuk oil fields proximity. Kurdish disputed territory. ISWAP monitoring northern Iraq. US advisory.
Strategic: Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah attacked K1 December 2019 killing US contractor — triggered Soleimani killing cycle. Disputed Kurdish territory.
NAVAL BASES & MARITIME INSTALLATIONS (1)
Umm Qasr Naval Base
Naval Base
Location
Iraq
Operator
Iraqi Navy
Personnel
2,000 est.
Established
1950
Garrison: Iraqi Navy, patrol vessels, Hamurabi-class corvette, Shatt al-Arab patrol
Iraq's only naval base. Gulf access. Shatt al-Arab waterway. Iran proximity. Oil export terminal protection.
Strategic: Iraq's only sea outlet. Iran controls opposite bank of Shatt al-Arab. Strategic vulnerability — Iran can blockade Iraqi oil exports.
ARMY BASES, COMMANDS & STRATEGIC FACILITIES (1)
Camp Taji (Iraqi Army)
Army Base
Location
Iraq
Operator
Iraqi Army — Baghdad Operations Command
Personnel
8,000 est.
Established
2003
Garrison: Iraqi Army brigades, M1A1 Abrams (140), M109 howitzers, Coalition training
Primary Iraqi Army tank base. M1A1 Abrams — Iraqi crews trained. Baghdad proximity 30km. PMF presence adjacent.
Strategic: Iran-backed PMF (Popular Mobilisation Forces) operate adjacent — blurring Iraqi sovereignty. US advisory mission ongoing but reducing.

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