3rd Squadron (Iraq)
The 3rd Squadron, Iraqi Air Force is one of two reconnaissance squadrons of the Iraqi Air Force, the other being the 70th Squadron based in Basra.
| 3rd Squadron, Iraqi Air Force | |
|---|---|
| Active | c.1934-current[1] |
| Country | Iraq |
| Branch | Iraqi Air Force |
| Role | Reconnaissance |
| Base | Kirkuk Air Base |
| Insignia | |
| Fin Flash |  |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Reconnaissance | SAMA CH2000 |
| Transport | Aerocomp Comp Air 7SL |
The squadron was first established in 1934 operating Hawker Audax fighter/army co-operation aircraft from Rasheed Air Base in Baghdad.[1]
In mid-1978 it was reported by the British Air Attache in Baghdad as flying from Muthanna/BIAP with the Antonov An-24/26 "Coke", with 13 in operational use (The National Archives (United Kingdom)).
In 2002 the squadron was reported as still flying An-24s and An-26s, but from Al-Bakr, "30 km south of Tikrit."[2]
The 3rd Squadron is now based at Kirkuk Air Base and flies the SAMA CH2000 and the Comp Air 7SL.[3]
References
- Pesach Malovany, "Wars of Modern Babylon", University Press of Kentucky, June 2017, ISBN 0813169437 / ISBN 978-0813169439, fn. 2, p.813.
- "Appendix 2 (Air Order of Battle) to Annex B (Intelligence) to LOGCAP Contingency Support Plan" (PDF). White House FOIA/Army Materiel Command. 7 December 2002.
- "Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) and Iraqi Army Air Corps". Milavia. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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