K-1 Air Base

K-1 Air Base
Kirkuk Governorate in Iraq
K-1 Air Base is located in Iraq
K-1 Air Base
K-1 Air Base
Shown within Iraq
Coordinates35°30′45″N 44°17′03″E / 35.51250°N 44.28417°E / 35.51250; 44.28417
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorIraqi Army
Site history
Built2003 (2003)
In use2003 – present
An Iraqi soldier while training in the K1 military camp
2 Iraqi soldiers after finishing training in the K1 military camp

K-1 Air Base, or Kaywan, is a former Iraqi Air Force base and military base in the Kirkuk Governorate of Iraq. It was captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, later served as the headquarters of the 12th Division of the Iraqi Army. In 2014 it was taken over by the Kurdish Peshmerga. On October 16, 2017, the base was taken back by Iraqi special forces during the Battle of Kirkuk.