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<p>Majid al Tamimi Airbase, officially known as the Tikrit Air Academy and formerly as Al Sahra Airfield (under <a href="/facts/Saddam_Hussein/nHnSodgy">Saddam Hussein</a>) is an air installation near <a href="/facts/Tikrit/gmvFhvJo">Tikrit</a> in northern <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a>. The installation is approximately 170 kilometers (105 mi) north of <a href="/facts/Baghdad/RbtLzzHe">Baghdad</a> and 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) west of the <a href="/facts/Tigris_River/Rc8Ka6k8">Tigris River</a>. Prior to 2003, Al Sahra Airfield was the main base of the <a href="/facts/Iraqi_Air_Force/cQSPmgV1">Iraqi Air Force</a> Air Academy. The <a href="/facts/United_States_Marine_Corps/J8JDlJG2">Marines</a> from <a href="/facts/Task_Force_Tripoli/wI0Gw1LQ">Task Force Tripoli</a> captured the base from the <a href="/facts/Iraqi_Army/GfjLkB45">Iraqi Army</a> during the <a href="/facts/2003_invasion_of_Iraq/V9zysaV1">2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq</a> and turned it over to the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">United States Army</a> who used it as the headquarters of the United States Division–North (USD-N, formerly Multinational Division, North, (MND-N)). The airfield is served by two main runways measuring 9,600 feet (2,900 m) long with a shorter runway measuring 7,200-foot (2,200 m). The Americans named the airfield after Captain <a href="/facts/Scott_Speicher/VeCCjXn2">Michael Scott Speicher</a>, a <a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">United States Navy</a> <a href="/facts/Pilot/SJaN1UAJ">pilot</a> who was <a href="/facts/Killed_in_action/REgutspw">killed in action</a> in <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a> during the <a href="/facts/Gulf_War/6LdLnGdo">Gulf War</a>.
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