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The airport was officially opened as Tobruk International Airport on 29 April 2013. The oldest airport in Libya, it had previously offered only internal flights. The first international passenger flight was to Alexandria, Egypt, operated by Libyan Airlines. The airport operates domestic flights to Benghazi and Tripoli. [3]
Horten Ho 229, fighter-bomber (jet-powered flying-wing) Junkers Ju 248, re-designation of Me 263; Messerschmitt Bf 109, fighter + night-fighter (often mis-designated as the "Me 109") Messerschmitt Bf 110, heavy fighter + night fighter + fighter-bomber + ground-attack; Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet (Comet), interceptor (rocket-engined)
Axis forces re-captured Gambut on 17 June 1941, after the Battle of Tobruk. [1] This was a significant blow to the Allies as the airfield had been used to provide air-support to the Allied forces in the Siege of Tobruk. The airfield saw use by the Luftwaffe until its recapture by the New Zealand 4th Infantry Brigade on 25 November. [2]
HQ No 243 Wing (17–xx Nov 1942) No. 33 Squadron RAF (18–28 Nov 1942) No. 117 Squadron RAF (19 Nov 1942 – 9 Jan 1943) No. 213 Squadron RAF (20–25 Nov 1942) No. 238 Squadron RAF (20–25 Nov 1942) No 12 Staging Post (8 Mar 1943 – 1 Aug 1945) HQ No 7 (SAAF) Wing (17 Apr – 18 May 1943) No 2915 Sqn RAF Regiment (May 1943 – xxx 194x)
During the wing's absence, the base was used to support F-102 Delta Dagger's of the 496th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, elements of another fighter bomber wing, and a tactical missile wing. During the three years in France, the 50th Wing converted to the F-100D Super Sabre and, in 1959, returned to Hahn Air Base. The 7425th Group was ...
Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader (Tactical Air Force Wing) 73 "Steinhoff", formerly known as Jagdgeschwader 73 (Fighter Wing 73), is a fighter wing of the German Air Force. The wing is based in north-eastern Germany at Rostock-Laage Airport near Rostock. Its role includes general air defence as well as training for the Eurofighter Typhoon. On 1 ...
Aerial photograph of the port of Tobruk during the 1941 siege. The small port of Tobruk in Italian Cyrenaica had been fortified by the Italians from 1935. Behind two old outlying forts, they constructed a novel fortification, consisting of a double line of concrete-lined trenches 54 km (34 mi) long, connecting 128 weapons pits protected by concealed anti-tank ditches but the fortifications ...
RCAF Station Zweibrücken, also known as 3 Wing or 3 (F) Wing was one of four RCAF wings, consisting of three fighter squadrons each, established in Europe at the beginning of the Cold War. These four wings were part of the RCAF's No. 1 Air Division , which was formed as part of Canada's air defence commitment to NATO during the Cold War.