It operates the Sukhoi Su-25 from Al Rasheed Air Base.

[3] It was equipped with Sukhoi Su-22s,[4] and was based at Wahda AB near Basra.

109 Squadron's pilots became the first in Iraq to receive dedicated training for anti-ship attacks.

[5] The squadron participated in the three waves of Iraqi air strikes on Iran on the first day of the Iran-Iraq War.

[6] On 2 April 2015, the Iraqi Ministry of Defence confirmed that the 109th Attack Squadron had been formed at Rasheed Air Base to operate the Sukhoi Su-25s the country received from Russia and Iran.