Talk:Balad Air Base

message: This article seems biased to me.  Close it down.
:How do you figure?  It's true that there's a fair amount of conjecture, but it's reported as such.  The mention of 2 fatalities, out of dozens, seems peculiar.  The article needs work, but what specifically seems biased? Martin.duke 14:59, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is an excellent article. That photograph of neat kerbs, lamp post and a Subway outlet (!) is one of the most striking and inspiring images I've seen. It just goes to show that Iraq can be transformed into a pleasant little Westernised client state if we really put the effort in. 80.47.61.189 20:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Except that photo is out of date. The curbs are cracked and being overrun by dirt. The lamp posts have no light bulbs or power run to them. The subway is still here but not at the theater. It's a nice image, but not the one that is actually here.214.13.149.10 (talk) 10:43, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: ===Support===
LSA Anaconda is a US Army base.  Balad Air Base is USAF.  I believe they should have their own articles.  --JAYMEDINC 02:54, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose - I agree with what you said above. They are physically the same place and there is no clear distinction segregating one area from another. -- VegitaU 03:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Split proposal discussion

message: LSA Anaconda is a US Army base.  Balad Air Base is USAF.  I believe they should have their own articles.  --JAYMEDINC 02:54, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Support

message: They're physically the same installation even if the services call them by different names.  I'm not sure how you parse out the information between two articles, or if you end up having the same article twice.  I also think it's confusing to readers.  I do agree that adding some language about the two names, in addition to a redirect from "Balad Air Base", is in order. Martin.duke 19:07, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose - I agree with what you said above. They are physically the same place and there is no clear distinction segregating one area from another. -- VegitaU 03:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Oppose

message: Due to the nature of this argument, I have removed the Wiki redirect link of Mortaritaville from LSA Anaconda and made it a separate article on Wikipedia since LSA Anaconda/Balad AB is not the Mortaritaville.  I have also moved the discussion to the Mortaritaville discussion page. -Signaleer 08:11, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The REAL 'Mortaritaville'

message: I would like to hear some opinions on this issue (especially from military users). As I understand, Operations security (OPSEC) is a method of identifying critical unclassified info and securing it to deny the enemy the ability to use it in operations against more sensitive operations. Basically, not allowing unclassified tidbits to add up to a bigger, more critical picture. That being said, are the expeditionary units stationed in Balad AB critical information? I ask this because the Air Force itself discloses the information on their Balad public site. If OPSEC applied in this case, wouldn't the Air Force's own website be the last place to find that information? -- VegitaU 05:55, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good. I wanted to see what the Army view was on this. -- VegitaU 16:08, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The units listed that were there in the past, have nothing to do with violating OPSEC.  Current units maybe? --JAYMEDINC 18:30, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: OPSEC?

message: Joint Base Balad is the new name replacing both Balad Air Base and LSA Anaconda, according to the AF at . --Pmsyyz (talk) 04:44, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New name 

message: The reference doesn't seem to be reliable source.  A more reliable source would be to find a current traffic count total for the DoD.  Secondly, I seriously doubt JBB is second busiest airport in the world.  I'm a air traffic controller thats been to Balad twice and it's not busier then Hartfield, O'Hare, Dallas, or Denver.  Once again, find the traffic count and compare to this link.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_busiest_airports_by_traffic_movements  Balad at peak times, 2005-2007, it might have made the upper twenties for air traffic operations.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.29.176.61 (talk) 11:29, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Busiest Airfield DoD/2nd Busiest Airport? 

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message: * There is no direct evidence that this is in any way true BoonDock (talk) 01:25, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Black jail site