Al Taqaddum Airbase (Arabic: قاعدة التقدم الجوية) or Al Taqaddum AB (IATA: TQD, ICAO: ORAT), called TQ in military shorthand slang, is an air base that is located in central Iraq, approximately 74 kilometers (46 miles) west of Baghdad, at Habbaniyah.

Another rarity reported to have survived the war at al-Taqaddum were several Ilyushin Il-28 "Beagle" bombers, including one Il-28U training aircraft.

Supplied to the IrAF in 1960, this aircraft must have certainly seen quite some service history: they were used during the extensive campaigns against Kurdish rebels, in the 1960s, mid-1970s, and mid-1980s during the war against Iran.

[4] Before the Navy aircraft arrived, F-117A Nighthawks attacked the Joint Integrated Operations Center & GCI Radar Facility at Tammuz Air Base.

[5] AA-310, an A-7E Corsair II from VA-46 piloted by Jeffery Greer fired ADM-141 TALD decoys, forcing the Iraqi radars to be activated.

[4] On January 24, 1991, seven Tupolev Tu-16/B-6D Badgers being configured with chemical weapons were attacked on the ground at Tammuz Air Base, with 4 being destroyed.

"TQ" served as a major hub of men and materiel moving into Anbar province by coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom.According to the Gulf War Air Power Survey, there were 24 Hardened Aircraft Shelters at Al Taqaddum.

At each end of the main runway are hardened aircraft shelters knowns as a HAS (pronounced Haas), "trapezoids" or "Yugos" which were built by Yugoslavian contractors some time prior to 1985.

Various units of the U.S. Army found numerous MIG-21, MiG 25 and Su 25 Iraqi Air Force fighter jets partially buried in the area, presumably from the time of the Gulf War.

The base is built on a desolate plateau overlooking the Euphrates River to the north and Lake Habbaniyah to the south.

Greene was flying a mission in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force when he was killed by small arms fire.

[9] 2004-2006 2nd TSB transportation support battalion (known now as 2nd MSG Marine logistics Group) The base is home to the 10th Division, Iraqi Army, and the Anbar Operations Command Center.