Frijoles wrote:

You're correct that the A-10 FOB was "near Nasiryah" -- but that was well
south of the location that the Marine Corps used.

That's what I thought. I finally found a news story that ID'ed the airfield
they were flown to by CH-46 as Numaniyah.

The Marine Corps wanted
something further north to support possible operations to the north (and
well north) of Baghdad.

Just found a news story that confirmed use of Numaniyah as a Harrier FARP:

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn20...F?opendocument

Guy