What was the name of the United States Army Installation in Kansas where Australian singer-songwriter and producer Ross Edwin Ryan was born?
Ross Ryan Ross Edwin Ryan (born 13 December 1950, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas) is an Australian singer-songwriter and producer. His signature tune, "I Am Pegasus", was released in September 1973, which peaked at No. 9 on the "Go-Set" Top 40 Australian Singles. Its parent album, "My Name Means Horse", appeared in April 1974, which reached No. 3 on the related "Go-Set" Top 20 Australian Albums. Ryan's other Top 40 singles are "I Don't Want to Know About It" (July 1973) and "Blue Chevrolet Ballerina" (June 1975).
Camp Speicher Camp Speicher, officially known as the Tikrit Air Academy and formerly as FOB Speicher, COB Speicher, and Al Sahra Airfield (under Saddam Hussein) is an air installation near Tikrit in northern Iraq. The installation is approximately 170 kilometers north of Baghdad and 11 kilometers west of the Tigris River. The United States Army captured the base from the Iraqi Army during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and used it during the Iraq War as the headquarters of the United States Division–North (USD-N, formerly Multinational Division, North, (MND-N)). The airfield is served by two main runways measuring 9600 ft long with a shorter runway measuring 7200 ft . The Americans named the airfield after Captain Michael Scott Speicher, a United States Navy pilot who was killed in action in Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Prior to the 2003 invasion, Al Sahra Airfield was the main base of the Iraqi Air Force Air Academy.