Basrah International Airport Opens to Commercial Flights

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**CENTCOM **| 06/20/05 | BJ Weiner Gulf Region Southern District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Basrah - After almost 20 years of sporadic flying and finally being grounded, the first Iraqi Airways flight landed at Basrah International Airport June 4 with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South. The Corps’ goal is to give the Iraqis a functioning civil aviation airport that will allow planes with passengers to land and take off, both domestically and internationally, according to Robert Vanoer, resident engineer for the Basrah Resident Office, Gulf Region District South (GRS).

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All the stuff we take for granted, and they are going to have air travel in that region for the first time in twenty years??
 
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