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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.
See also: List of United States military installations in Iraq Israel: Dimona Radar Facility [106] A radar facility near Dimona, owned and operated by the United States. Japan: United States Forces Japan: There are 54,000 U.S. military personnel based in Japan – the highest number stationed anywhere overseas. [107] Jordan: Muwaffaq Salti Air Base
Between November 2014 and January 2015, the United States began positioning MQ-9 Reaper UAVs at the base. [2] The base also houses AH-1F Cobras, believed to be from the 10th and 12th Squadrons of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, and a Cessna 208B Caravan from the 15th Squadron and the Air Tractor 802i from the 25th Squadron [2]
The location is just one of many bases the U.S. has in the Middle East. The U.S. has operated bases around the Middle East for decades. At its peak, there were more than 100,000 U.S. troops in ...
Tower 22 holds a strategically important location in Jordan, at the most northeastern point where the country's borders meet Syria and Iraq. PURPOSE Little is publicly known about the base.
The base's location offers a site for American forces to infiltrate and quietly leave Syria. A small American garrison at al-Tanf in Syria is just 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Tower 22.
Military installations of the United States in Jordan (2 P) Pages in category "Military installations of Jordan" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
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 ...