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Ayn al-Asad Airbase is a Iraqi Armed Forces and United States armed forces base, located in the largely Sunni western Province of Iraq Al Anbar. It was the second largest US military airbase in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Until January 2010, it was the home of the II Marine Expeditionary Force/Multi-National Force West. Other major tenants have included the 3rd ID's 4th IBCT, 82nd Airborne Division Advise & Assist Brigade, 332nd Medical Brigade, 321st Sustainment Brigade, Vertical Onboard Delivery Detachment-1 (VOD-1),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/al-asad-airbase-iraq/ )〕 VAQ-142, Navy Customs Battalion Juliet, elements of the Iraqi Army's 7th Division, and the United States Air Force (USAF). Due to numerous amenities aboard the base, service members referred to it as "Camp Cup Cake."〔http://breakingdefense.com/2015/05/past-magtf-commander-details-isil-air-strikes-notes-1st-marines-could-clear-iraq/〕 ==Geography== The base is located in the Hīt District of Al Anbar Governorate, about west of Baghdad and west of the village of Khan al Baghdadi. The airbase is divided by Wādī al Asadī (وادي الاسدي), a wadi whose course passes through the oasis along the base's western edge and then continues eastward, emptying into the Euphrates River at Khan al Baghdadi. This oasis is locally referred to as "Abraham's Well". The ‘Ayn al Asad spring surfaces within the base and flows into the Wādī al Asadī. Geologically, the base resides in the Al-Ḥammād sector of the Syrian Desert, composed mostly of a rock and gravel steppe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al Asad Airbase」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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