RAF HABBANIYA ASSOCIATION
The purpose of the Association is to bring together all those interested in RAF Habbaniya and its associated and predecessor stations and units in Iraq and RAF Iraq Command.
RAF Habbaniya opened in 1936
Christopher Morris - Honorary Secretary and Webmaster of the RAF Habbaniya Association.
We cover RAF Habbaniya, RAF Dhibban, RAF Hinaidi, RAF Shaibah, RAF Basrah, the Civil Cantonments, AHQ Iraq, PAIFORCE, the leave camp at Ser Amadia, RAF Amman & RAF Mafraq in Jordan.
RAF Mauripur, 244 Sqn & Mike Skeet's websites will be preserved on this website.
The RAF left Habbaniya in May 1959
& Remembrance news
Habbaniya is situated in Iraq, on the banks of the River Euphrates, 60 miles from Baghdad.
RAF Habbaniya was built in the mid 1930s and was a jewel in the desert with tree lined roads, lawns and flower gardens.
Left;
Aerial Photo of Habbaniya in 1956.
Photo; Flt Lt Bill Verralls DFC.
Right;
Habbaniya was beautiful because areas were irrigated in turn.
Photo; John Powell 1957.
The RAF Habbaniya Association closed down in the Autumn of 2021. Some queries can still be dealt with.
The extensive archives of the Association have been deposited at the RAF Regiment Heritage Centre.
We aim to keep the memory of Royal Air Force Habbaniya alive for some years to come on this website.
WE HAVE IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT OUR CEMETERY AT RAF HABBANIYA AND ALSO THE CEMETERY AT RAF HINAIDI WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING RESTORED.
A link will be added to the Cemetery page
with the details and a link to more photographs of the state of our cemeteries.
