Harir Air Base

Harir Air Base (ICAO: ORBR; Kurdish: بنکەی ئاسمانیی ھەریر) is a military airfield located near to the town of Harir, in the Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

Harir Air Base
Kurdish: بنکەی ئاسمانیی ھەریر (Bênkêy Asmānīy Harir)
Harir, Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, in Iraq
Site information
Type	Military airfield
Owner	Kurdistan Regional Government
Operator	Peshmerga, U.S. Armed Forces (2018–2023)
Location
Harir Air Base Shown within Iraq
Coordinates	36°31′37″N 044°20′50″E
Site history
In use	2003–present
Battles/wars	International military intervention against ISIL
Sources: DoD FLIP[1]

The base was previously known as Bashur Air Base and was seized during Operation Northern Delay as part of 2003 invasion of Iraq.

History

As part of Operation Inherent Resolve against the Islamic State from 2018 to 2023 the base hosted various American aircraft^[2] units such as:

• Pilatus U-28A Draco from the Air Force Special Operations Command^[3]
• Boeing MH-47G Chinook from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (160th SOAR (A))^[3]
• Sikorsky MH-60M Black Hawk from the 160th SOAR (A)^[3]
• General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle of the United States Army^[4]