23rd Squadron
On January 14, 2005 the 23rd Iraqi Air Force Squadron was reactivated at Ali Base in Talil, Iraq. At this time the Iraqi Honor Guard was presented with three C-130 aircraft. Two days after they completed their first training flight on a C-130 cargo plane, a crew consisting of an engineer, load master, navigator, and pilot from the 23rd squadron flew their first mission on February 12th of flying Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi round trip from Baghdad to As Sulaymaniwah West.
