FOB Edinburgh | |||||||||
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| Musa Qala District, Helmand Province in Afghanistan | |||||||||
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| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) | ||||||||
| Operator | British Armed Forces United States Armed Forces | ||||||||
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  FOB Edinburgh Shown within Afghanistan | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°21′42″N064°42′10″E / 32.36167°N 64.70278°E | ||||||||
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| Built | 2007 | ||||||||
| In use | 2007-July 2012 | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Elevation | 798 metres (2,618 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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FOB Edinburgh was an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Forward Operating Base (FOB) operated by both the British Armed Forces and United States Armed Forces and located in Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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The base was used under Operation Herrick (OP H).
It was also seen in the episode "Joining the Royal Irish Regiment" of Ross Kemp: Return to Afghanistan, where Ross Kemp spends time at the base as well as with the soldiers out in the field.
Ross Kemp and his team are also cited as a distraction leading to the crash of an Apache AH1 that had took off from the base in 2008 according to a Ministry Of Defence report. Both crew members escaped with minor injuries. [1]
