dispursed around the Main field,
located 435 kilometers from Bagdad in western Iraq.
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| H-3 Airfield Southwest,
the
lighter area in image above. The main H3 airfield was originally built
to support the H-3 oil pumping station. H-3 Main is supported by two dispersal
airfields, H-3 Southwest, and H-3 Northwest, and a Highway strip, 42 kilometers
to the west. H-3 Southwest is served by a single 8,200 foot runway and
has a parrallel taxiway that could be used as an alternate runway. There
are at least 6 hardened aircraft shelters, and 6 revetments.
Chemical weapons were stored at the H-3 airfield (main) during Desert Storm according to declassified U.S. intelligence reports which describe Iraqi efforts to disperse chemical weapons by truck to other locations. The S-shaped bunker located at H-3 airfield (main) and the four at the H-3 ammunition storage facilty were damaged or destroyed during Desert Storm. Of the 22 S-shaped bunkers located across Iraq, 10 had been destroyed as of 8 February 1991. It is not known whether the rest were subsequently destroyed. |