On July 2, 1947, the battalion of anti-heavy aircraft formed, and it was armed with 3/7 British-made cannons, the battalion based in Baghdad at Al-Washash camp and Al-Waziriyah District. When the Iraqi army participated in the Palestine war in 1948, the need arose to secure weapons of anti-aircraft to a greater extent with the need to admit more advanced weapons into the army's divisions, formations, and units. As a result, the cadres of the anti-aircraft faction were created and added to the staff of the support company in each regiment to protect the headquarters and formations from the potential hostile air threat.