- FOB MacKenzie
FOB MacKenzie formerly FOB Pacesetter (Samarra East Airbase / Al Bakr Airfield under Saddam Hussein) is a
US Army Forward Operating Base that is located in NorthernIraq approximately 96 kilometers North ofBaghdad , and about 12 kilometers Northeaast of theTigris River . The airbase is served by a single convert|9800|ft|m|sing=on long runway. FOB MacKenzie occupies a 18 square kilometer site and is protected by a 18 kilometers security perimeter. According to the "Gulf War Air Power Survey ", there were 12 hardened aircraft shelters at FOB MacKenzie as of 1991. At the each end of the main runway are hardened aircraft shelters knowns as "trapezoids" or "Yugos" which were build by Yugoslavian contractors some time prior to 1985.External links
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/samarra-east.htm FOB MacKenzie on GlobalSecurity.org]
* [http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,SS_091504_Home,00.html Soldiers in Iraq Make Comfortable Home at FOB McKenzie]
* [http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=29147&archive=true FOB MacKenzie soldiers create a recreational oasis in Iraqi desert]
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