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'''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 Northern [[Iraq]] approximately 96 kilometers North of [[Baghdad]], and about 12 kilometers Northeaast of the [[Tigris River]]. The airbase is served by a single 9,800 foot 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.

'''FOB MacKenzie''' formerly '''FOB Pacesetter''' ('''Samarra East Air Base''' under Saddam Hussein) was a [[U.S. Army]] [[Forward Operating Base]] that is located in northern [[Iraq]] approximately 96 kilometers (60 mi) north of [[Baghdad]], and about 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) northeast of the [[Tigris River]].

==History==

'''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 Northern [[Iraq]] approximately 96 kilometers North of [[Baghdad]], and about 12 kilometers Northeaast of the [[Tigris River]]. The airbase is served by a single 9,800 foot{{convert|9800|ft|m|sing=on}} long runway. FOB MacKenzie occupies aan 18 -square -kilometer (7 sq mi) site and is protected by aan 18-kilometer kilometers(11 mi) security perimeter. According to the "[[Gulf War Air Power Survey]]", there were 12 hardened aircraft shelters at FOB MacKenzie as ofin 1991. At the each end of the main runway are hardened aircraft shelters knowns as "trapezoids" or "Yugos" which were buildbuilt by Yugoslavian contractors some time prior to 1985.

*FOB MacKenzie is named for [[Ranald S. Mackenzie]].<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/samarra-east.htm - Samarra East Airbase / Al Bakr Airfield]</ref>

==See also==

* [[List of United States Military installations in Iraq]]

==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.stripes.com/news/soldiers-in-iraq-make-comfortable-home-at-fob-mckenzie-1.24149#.WNvBuWslHIU Soldiers in Iraq Make Comfortable Home at FOB McKenzie]

*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/samarra-east.htm - Samarra East Airbase / Al Bakr Airfield]

*[http://www.stripes.com/news/fob-mackenzie-soldiers-create-a-recreational-oasis-in-iraqi-desert-1.35032#.WNvBcWslHIU FOB MacKenzie soldiers create a recreational oasis in Iraqi desert]

*http://www.airliners.net/photo//1906884/L/&sid=fd167d20c8837e804f80e65a2d7b6dcf

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