Harir Air Base
Harir, Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region in Iraq
Harir Shown within Iraq
Coordinates	36°31′37″N 044°20′50″E / 36.52694°N 44.34722°E / 36.52694; 44.34722
Site information
Owner	KRG
Operator	Peshmerga US Armed Forces until (2021)
Site history
In use	2003 - present
Battles/wars	International military intervention against ISIL
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: ORBR
Elevation	61 metres (200 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 13/31 2,015 metres (6,611 ft) Concrete

Harir Air Base (Kurdish: بنکەی ئاسمانیی ھەریر) is an airbase located near to the town of Harir, in the Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

The base was previously known as Bashur Air Base and was seized during Operation Northern Delay as part of 1991 Iraqi uprisings.

History[edit]

As part of Operation Inherent Resolve from 2018 to 2023 the base hosted various American aircraft^[1] units such as:

• Pilatus U-28A Draco from the Air Force Special Operations Command^[2]
• Boeing MH-47G Chinook from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (160th SOAR (A))^[2]
• Sikorsky MH-60M Black Hawk from the 160th SOAR (A)^[2]
• General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle of the United States Army^[3]

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