Old Field, New Client

Credit: AP/WIDE WORLD
To better support the ground forces' march to Baghdad, the U.S. Marine Corps has appropriated an Iraqi airfield and is using it to launch attack missions and to support helicopter and ground operations throughout the country. The facility is built around a 9,000-ft. runway, unused since it was first...

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