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Construction for the base began in 1974, with the first aircraft landing on 27 November 1980. The base was officially opened by King Hussein of Jordan on 24 June 1981. [3]A 1983 report indicated that the base was used to assemble parts of Chinese Shenyang J-6 fighter aircraft for subsequent delivery to Iraq.
King Faisal Air Base may refer to: . King Faisal Air Base (Jordan), a military installation of the Royal Jordanian Air Force near Al-Jafr, Jordan King Faisal Air Base (Saudi Arabia), a military installation of the Royal Saudi Air Force in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Location ICAO IATA Airport name Civil airports Amman: OJAI [1] AMM Queen Alia International Airport: Amman: OJAM [1] ADJ Amman Civil Airport (Marka International Airport) Aqaba: OJAQ [1] AQJ King Hussein International Airport: Military airports Al-Jafr: OJKF [1] King Faisal Air Base: Azraq: OJMS [1] Muwaffaq Salti Air Base: Mafraq: OJMF [1] OMF ...
King Faisal Air Base (Jordan) M. Muwaffaq Salti Air Base; P. Prince Hassan Air Base This page was last edited on 23 April 2017, at 22:21 (UTC). Text is ...
King Faisal Air Base (KFAB) of the Royal Saudi Air Force shares the airport site and boundaries but uses a separate runway for operations. The base is home to: [2] [3] RSAF 7 Wing No. 2 Squadron RSAF with the McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle and the F-15D; No. 21 Squadron RSAF with the BAE Systems Hawk 165; No. 29 Squadron RSAF with the F-15SA
This airfield was built to support the H4 oil pumping station of the Kirkuk–Haifa oil pipeline built by the Iraq Petroleum Company between 1932 and 1934 in the Emirate of Transjordan at that time a protectorate of the British Empire.
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]
After King Hussein's death in 1999, relations between Jordan and the Persian Gulf countries greatly improved. [ 158 ] Jordan is a key ally of the US and UK and, together with Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, is one of only three Arab nations to have signed peace treaties with Israel, Jordan's direct neighbour. [ 159 ]