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Article: NEW AVIATION BRIGADE TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT ALI AIR BASE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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TALLIL, Iraq, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
Construction is progressing well on the $61 million Combat Aviation Brigade Beddown project located on Ali Air Base. The base, also known as Contingency Operating Base Adder and Tallil Air Base is located about 310 kilometers southeast of Baghdad and 20 kilometers southwest of the city of Nasiriyah.
The project involves construction of a nine-story Air Traffic Control Tower and provide over 75 acres of contingency airfield parking for rotary and medium-load fixed wing aircraft along with supporting utilities, infrastructure and security necessary to make the facility complete and usable.
According to U.S. Army Corps of ...