Prince Hassan Air Base | |||||||
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قاعدة الأمير حسن الجوية | |||||||
Near Safawi, Mafraq Governorate in Jordan | |||||||
Coordinates | 32°9′39″N 37°8′59″E / 32.16083°N 37.14972°E | ||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Operator | Royal Jordanian Air Force | ||||||
Website | Prince Hassan Air Base | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1966citation needed] | –69[||||||
In use | 1969–present | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: OJPH | ||||||
Elevation | 2,210 feet (674 m) AMSL | ||||||
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Sources: AMC Form 174 [1] |
Prince Hassan Air Base ( ICAO: OJPH; [2] [3] Arabic: قاعدة الأمير حسن الجوية; formerly H-5) is a Royal Jordanian Air Force base, located near the town of Safawi, Mafraq Governorate, Jordan, 72.4 miles (100 km) east-northeast of the country's capital Amman.
This section only references primary sources.(February 2024) |
The airfield was established as a landing strip associated with the Kirkuk–Haifa oil pipeline's H-5 pumping station, being used by Royal Air Force and Iraq Petroleum Company mail aircraft operating between Baghdad, Amman, and Cairo. [4]
In 1969, the airfield was opened as a military base, being named after Prince Hassan bin Talal, then Crown Prince of Jordan. [4] No. 9 Squadron RJAF was established at the base, operating Lockheed F-104A/B Starfighters. [4]
In 1994, the Fighter Weapons Instructor School was moved to the base. [4][ clarification needed]
No. 6 Fighter Reconnaissance Squadron RJAF has been based at the airfield in the past, [4][ when?] but has since moved to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base.[ citation needed]
As of 2015, No. 17 Squadron RJAF with Northrop F-5E/F Tiger IIs was stationed at the base. [5]
The United States Air Force has used the base occasionally since the 1980s,[ citation needed] with a 2017 report noting that U.S. Air Force C-17s are transiting the airfield regularly. [6]
The French Air and Space Force has been using Prince Hassan Air Base as a base of operation since 2014, deploying 6 Mirage 2000 fighter jets there, which were replaced in 2017 by 4 Rafale. [7] [8]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Sources
Prince Hassan Air Base | |||||||
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قاعدة الأمير حسن الجوية | |||||||
Near Safawi, Mafraq Governorate in Jordan | |||||||
Coordinates | 32°9′39″N 37°8′59″E / 32.16083°N 37.14972°E | ||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Operator | Royal Jordanian Air Force | ||||||
Website | Prince Hassan Air Base | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1966citation needed] | –69[||||||
In use | 1969–present | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: OJPH | ||||||
Elevation | 2,210 feet (674 m) AMSL | ||||||
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Sources: AMC Form 174 [1] |
Prince Hassan Air Base ( ICAO: OJPH; [2] [3] Arabic: قاعدة الأمير حسن الجوية; formerly H-5) is a Royal Jordanian Air Force base, located near the town of Safawi, Mafraq Governorate, Jordan, 72.4 miles (100 km) east-northeast of the country's capital Amman.
This section only references primary sources.(February 2024) |
The airfield was established as a landing strip associated with the Kirkuk–Haifa oil pipeline's H-5 pumping station, being used by Royal Air Force and Iraq Petroleum Company mail aircraft operating between Baghdad, Amman, and Cairo. [4]
In 1969, the airfield was opened as a military base, being named after Prince Hassan bin Talal, then Crown Prince of Jordan. [4] No. 9 Squadron RJAF was established at the base, operating Lockheed F-104A/B Starfighters. [4]
In 1994, the Fighter Weapons Instructor School was moved to the base. [4][ clarification needed]
No. 6 Fighter Reconnaissance Squadron RJAF has been based at the airfield in the past, [4][ when?] but has since moved to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base.[ citation needed]
As of 2015, No. 17 Squadron RJAF with Northrop F-5E/F Tiger IIs was stationed at the base. [5]
The United States Air Force has used the base occasionally since the 1980s,[ citation needed] with a 2017 report noting that U.S. Air Force C-17s are transiting the airfield regularly. [6]
The French Air and Space Force has been using Prince Hassan Air Base as a base of operation since 2014, deploying 6 Mirage 2000 fighter jets there, which were replaced in 2017 by 4 Rafale. [7] [8]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Sources