Al Taqaddum Airbase

 airport, military airbase, United States Army

IATA: none – ICAO: ORAT
Al Taqaddum is an airbase is located in central Iraq approximately 74 kilometers west of Baghdad. The airfield is served by two runways. When American forces took the area in 2003, they established Camp Ridgway, it served as one of the bases of operation for the 82nd Airborne Division. In 2004 the base name was changed to Camp Taqaddum to keep a more Iraqi face on the local military mission. On August 22, 2004, a group of Marines dedicated the airfield at Al Taqaddum to Lt. Col. David S. Greene, a reserve Marine AH-1W Super Cobra pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775 who was killed in action earlier in the year.

Survey teams found numerous MiG 25 and Su 25 Iraqi Air Force fighter jets buried in the area, presumably from the time of the Gulf War.