Tuz Khurmatu Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force base in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq, located approximately 180km (110miles) north of Baghdad, and about 14km (09miles) west of Tuz Khurmatu.[1] The base was seized by U.S.-led Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. After its capture, it became a U.S. Army Forward Operating Base and renamed FOB Bernstein.[2] The base was handed over to the Iraqi army in January 2006.[3]