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In 1976, the area was chosen by the Royal Jordanian Air Force for a major new air base. Construction started that same year and in November 1980, No 1 (Northrop F-5A/B Freedom Fighter) and No 11 Squadrons (F-5E/F Tiger II) were deployed there. The air base was officially opened on 24 May 1981.
King Abdullah II Air Base (ICAO: OJKA; Arabic: قاعدة الملك عبدالله الثاني) is a Royal Jordanian Air Force base located near Zarqa, Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. History [ edit ]
After the Transjordan Frontier Force was formed in 1926, military bases were constructed in the city by the British Army, and the city later became known as the "military city". [4] The headquarters of Jordan's Arab Legion were also located in Zarqa. The oldest Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan, known as Zarqa Camp, is located
The capital of Zarqa governorate is Zarqa City, which is the largest city in the governorate. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of the Jordanian capital Amman. The second largest city in the governorate is Russeifa. Zarqa Governorate hosts the largest military and air bases of the Jordanian armed forces.
Under the U.S. Military Assistance Program, Jordan received 18 surplus Bell UH-1H helicopters in 1994, ... Zarqa Air Base [62] Sahel Nassab, Zarqa Governorate, Jordan ...
The base, known as Tower 22, sits near the demilitarized zone on the border between Jordan and Syria along a sandy, bulldozed berm marking the DMZ's southern edge. The Iraqi border is only 10 ...
The base was built by a U.S. construction firm on land donated by the King of Jordan and paid for by the U.S. Defense Department Foreign Military Sales programme, [1] part of the 2005 special appropriation. [2] Management of the construction was undertaken by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. [2] By 2009, the center had been made ...
The Defense Department has released the identities of the three U.S. Army Reserve soldiers who were killed Sunday in an attack at a base in northeast Jordan, near the Syrian border.. The slain ...