Due to sand storms and inclement weather, we were diverted from Mosul to Balad Air Force Base, located at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and home to the descendants of the famed Tuskegee Airmen.

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The bay sits at the base of a gorse and hawthorn-laden cliff valley, with a half-moon of white sand looking out over the water.

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