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Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base (IATA: XIJ, ICAO: OKAJ) is a Kuwait Air Force base that is home to 3 Kuwait Air Force F/A-18 C/D squadrons: 9 Squadron, 25 Squadron, and 61 Squadron. The base also has an area designated for operations by the U.S. Air Force and its allies.
The Kuwait Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية الكويتية, romanized: al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya) is the air arm of the Armed Forces of Kuwait.The Air Force headquarters is located at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base, with the remaining forces stationed at Air Defense Brigades, Ali Al Salem Air Base and Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base.
In August 2002, the Air Combat Command (ACC) 332nd Air Expeditionary Group at Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, was authorized to expand to a Wing. The 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing was activated as a provisional organization on 12 August 2002 by ACC, with the 332nd AEG becoming the Wing's flying organization.
In 1998, the 332d Air Expeditionary Group, "The Tip of the Spear", was activated at Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base, Kuwait in November 1998, replacing the 4406th Operations Group (Provisional) which was formed in 1996. The 332d Group evolved and grew to reflect the Aerospace Expeditionary Force (AEF) concept of a consolidated force in a forward location.
407th Air Expeditionary Group: Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base: Kuwait: US Air Forces Central: 2016 Provides airlift operations from Ahmad al-Jaber AB and Ali Al Salem AB in Kuwait for the US Central Command area of responsibility. Assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. [14] 409th Air Expeditionary Group: Nigerien Air Base 201: Niger
Ali Air Base was fully vacated by all U.S. Forces on 16 December 2011, and the 407th AEG was inactivated. It was activated again in 2016, as part of the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, as part of the Military intervention against ISIL stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, and Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base, Kuwait. [3]
KUWAIT CITY (Reuters) - Kuwait's highest court on Sunday sentenced former defence and interior minister Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah al-Sabah to seven years in prison for mishandling military funds.
Two reinforced hangars showing the effects of Coalition bombing during Operation Desert Storm, 1991. These Kuwaiti shelters were built by the French and used by Iraqi forces during the conflict. Picture is of Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base - Kuwait. They are in a fixed known position. Hardened shelters are expensive.