Safwan Airbase
Safwan is an Iraqi military facility located 46 km S of Basra. It is an unoccupied emergency dispersal/recovery strip.
Safwan Airfield is located six kilometers west of the intersection near Safwan, in Southeastern Iraq, just north of the Kuwait-Iraq border.
The airfield holds the distinction of having been the location at which the formal cease-fire ceremony took place on March 3, 1991 between Iraqi and Coalition troops.
| U2 Imagery of Iraqi Surrender at Safwan Airfield 03/03/1991 |
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| Imagery of the Al Fathah Airfield |
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Overview of the Middle East with Iraq in the center |
CIA Map of Iraq |
Safwan Airfield as of 1995 |
Safwan Airfield as of 1995 |
