2019 K-1 Air Base attack

2019 K-1 Air Base attack
Part of 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis
Type31 107mm Katyusha rockets (U.S. claim)
11-16 Katyusha rockets (Iraqi claim)[1]
Location
K-1 Air Base, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq

35°30′45″N 044°17′03″E / 35.51250°N 44.28417°E / 35.51250; 44.28417 (K-1 AB)
TargetU.S. personnel at K-1 Air Base
Date27 December 2019
7:20 pm (GMT+3)
Executed byDisputed
(Kata'ib Hezbollah alleged by United States, denied by Kata'ib Hezbollah)
(Islamic State alleged by Iraq's National Security Council[1])
Casualties1 U.S. civilian contractor killed [a][b]
4 U.S. service members and 2 Iraqi security forces personnel wounded

A rocket attack was carried out on the K-1 Air Base in Kirkuk province in Iraq on 27 December 2019. The air base was one of many Iraqi military bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) personnel and, according to the coalition, was attacked by more than 30 rockets. The attack occurred during the 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis and preceded a series of events that eventually brought Iran and the United States to the brink of open conflict.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "U.S. contractor whose killing in Iraq was cited by Trump was linguist with 2 young sons". NBC News. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Trump Meets With Prime Minister Of Greece". NBC News. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2020.


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