{"id":41913,"date":"2021-04-18T21:46:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T21:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/18\/rockets-hit-balad-air-base-2-iraqi-security-forces-wounded\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:23:35","slug":"rockets-hit-balad-air-base-2-iraqi-security-forces-wounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/04\/18\/rockets-hit-balad-air-base-2-iraqi-security-forces-wounded\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets hit Balad air base, 2 Iraqi security forces wounded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BAGHDAD \u2014 Multiple rockets hit an Iraqi airbase just north of the capital Baghdad Sunday, wounding two Iraqi security forces, an Iraqi military commander said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In comments to Iraq\u2019s official news agency, Maj. Gen. Diaa Mohsen, commander of the Balad airbase, said at least two rockets exploded inside the base, which houses U.S. trainers. The attack comes days after an explosives-laden drone targeted U.S.-led coalition forces<\/a> near a northern Iraq airport, causing a large fire and damage to a building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mohsen said the attack resulted in the injury of two security forces, one of them in serious condition and the other only slightly. There was no material damage inside the base from the attack, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\t