Ismailia Air Base RAF Ismailia | |||||||
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Near: Ismailia, Egypt | |||||||
![]() Members of No. 458 Squadron RAAF at RAF Ismailia, 1942 | |||||||
Coordinates | 30°35′53.75″N 32°14′12.86″E / 30.5982639°N 32.2369056°E | ||||||
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Owner | Egyptian Armed Forces | ||||||
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Controlled by |
Royal Air Force (1935-1956) Ninth Air Force (1942) Egyptian Air Force (1956 – present) | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Battles/wars | World War II | ||||||
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Ismailia Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force ( Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية, El Qūwāt El Gawīyä El Maṣrīyä) helicopter base, located approximately 4 km west-northwest of the city of Ismailia; (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo.
Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened by the British about 1916.
On 5–7 November 1938, RAF Vickers Wellesley aircraft set a non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia to Darwin, Australia, a distance of 7,162 miles (11520.4 km).
During World War II, the airfield, then known as RAF Ismailia or Ismailia Airfield, continued to be used as a military airfield by the British Royal Air Force and also the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces.
Today, the airfield is an active Egyptian Air Force base. The base is housing an SA-342 Gazelle unit and further is this base being used for other military helicopter movements.
Media related to
RAF Ismailia at Wikimedia Commons
Ismailia Air Base RAF Ismailia | |||||||
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Near: Ismailia, Egypt | |||||||
![]() Members of No. 458 Squadron RAAF at RAF Ismailia, 1942 | |||||||
Coordinates | 30°35′53.75″N 32°14′12.86″E / 30.5982639°N 32.2369056°E | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Egyptian Armed Forces | ||||||
Operator |
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Controlled by |
Royal Air Force (1935-1956) Ninth Air Force (1942) Egyptian Air Force (1956 – present) | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Battles/wars | World War II | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
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Ismailia Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force ( Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية, El Qūwāt El Gawīyä El Maṣrīyä) helicopter base, located approximately 4 km west-northwest of the city of Ismailia; (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo.
Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened by the British about 1916.
On 5–7 November 1938, RAF Vickers Wellesley aircraft set a non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia to Darwin, Australia, a distance of 7,162 miles (11520.4 km).
During World War II, the airfield, then known as RAF Ismailia or Ismailia Airfield, continued to be used as a military airfield by the British Royal Air Force and also the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces.
Today, the airfield is an active Egyptian Air Force base. The base is housing an SA-342 Gazelle unit and further is this base being used for other military helicopter movements.
Media related to
RAF Ismailia at Wikimedia Commons