Royal Air Force Habbaniya, more commonly known as RAF Habbaniya (Arabic: قاعدة الحبانية الجوية), (originally RAF Dhibban), was a Royal Air Force station...
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Anglo-Iraqi War (redirect from Siege of Habbaniya)
internal security. The Royal Air Force (RAF) had been allowed to retain two bases: RAF Shaibah, near Basra and RAF Habbaniya (Air Vice-Marshal Harry George Smart...
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Car Company RAF was a military unit of Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) based in Iraq and which played a role in the defence of RAF Habbaniya during World...
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1941 Iraqi coup d'état (section Siege of Habbaniya)
Kiwarkis, Gabriel. "The Battle for Habbaniya 1941". Assyrian RAF Levies. "The Battle for Habbaniya – The forgotten war RAF". History (Campaign Histories)...
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Habbaniyah (redirect from Habbaniya, Iraq)
Baghdad in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq. A military airfield, RAF Habbaniya, was the site of a battle in 1941, during World War II. Lake Habbaniyah...
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Lake Habbaniyah (redirect from Lake Habbaniya)
airbase of RAF Dhibban, later renamed RAF Habbaniya. It was the scene of action during the Rashid Ali rebellion Anglo-Iraqi War when the RAF trainee aircrew...
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thereafter grew and survived until it was disbanded when control of RAF Habbaniya and RAF Shaibah was handed to Iraq in 1957. The Iraq Levies traced their...
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Habbaniya can refer to: Habbaniyah, a city in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq Lake Habbaniyah, a lake in Iraq RAF Habbaniya, a former Royal Air Force airbase...
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squadron moved to RAF Habbaniya in Iraq with many moves back and forth between RAF Habbaniya and RAF Shaibah in Iraq, RAF Abu Sueir and RAF Deversoir in the...
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operational from 1922 until 1937, when operations were transferred to RAF Habbaniya. Hinaidi Cantonment was developed after the First World War as an Army...
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was created to enter Iraq from the west and relieve RAF Habbaniya, Habbaniya Force. At Habbaniya, the besieging Iraqis demanded the cessation of all training...
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July 1952 moving to RAF Habbaniya. The unit returned on 28 August 1954 with the de Havilland Venom FB 1 before moving again to Habbaniya on 5 October 1954...
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operations against the Gustav Line, May 1944. Habbaniya. For units engaged in the defence of RAF Habbaniya, 30 April to 6 May 1941. Home Defence 1940–1945...
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leader, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, initiated a siege of the British base at RAF Habbaniya near Ramadi. This prompted a British counter-attack to break the siege...
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1891 – 28 June 1963) is best known for having been the commander of RAF Habbaniya during the first part of the Anglo-Iraqi War. Smart was an officer in...
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Interception Radar Unit of the Royal Air Force formed on 1 July 1954 at RAF Habbaniya, Iraq. It was initially equipped as a Type 21 Radar Convoy with one...
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H-2 Air Base (redirect from RAF H2)
by No. 84 Squadron RAF. During the early days World War II, the airfield was abandoned as the RAF moved its units to RAF Habbaniya during the 1941 Iraqi...
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left Baku at 12:45 and returned to RAF Habbaniya. Another reconnaissance sortie was flown on 5 April from RAF Habbaniya, this time crossing Turkish airspace...
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Infantry Brigade. The following day seven aircraft were flown into RAF Habbaniya to bolster the air force there. Following the landing of the troops...
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originally built by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1952 as the subsidiary Plateau Airfield of nearby RAF Habbaniya, whose runway was inadequate for the larger...
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at RAF Hinaidi. In 1937 Air Headquarters and the personnel moved from RAF Hinaidi Cantonment to the newly built RAF Dhibban (renamed RAF Habbaniya in...
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Shaibah Air Base (redirect from RAF Shaibah)
Shaibah to RAF Habbaniya to reinforce the armoured cars of No.1 RAF Armoured Car Company." RAF Shaibah was under the control of the RAF's Air Headquarters...
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restricted to two Royal Air Force stations, RAF Shaibah near Basra and RAF Habbaniya west of Baghdad. On 1 April 1941, during World War II, Rashid Ali seized...
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besieged RAF Habbaniya. On 2 May, the British launched pre-emptive air strikes against Iraqi forces. On 7 May, the Iraqis abandoned the positions above RAF Habbaniya...
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List of former Royal Air Force stations (redirect from List of former RAF stations)
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
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landed at Basra (Operation Sabine). On 30 April, British forces at RAF Habbaniya were besieged by a numerically inferior Iraqi force. On 2 May, the British...
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List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units (redirect from No. 1 Maintenance Unit RAF)
2012. "RAF Habbaniya". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 10 June 2012. "RAF Takoradi". Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation...
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When RAF Habbaniya was besieged during the Anglo-Iraqi War, the Company was performing airfield defence duties in the Western Desert. At Habbaniya, the...
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captain on 1 January 1954. Edwards was the Station Commander of the RAF base RAF Habbaniya in Iraq during the Suez Crisis of 1956, and also the critical time...
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force. RAF Habbaniya was a Royal Air Force station at Habbaniya in the Kingdom of Iraq. From 30 April, the small British garrison at Habbaniya had been...
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