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Ben Guerir Air Base is a Royal Moroccan Air Force base in the Marraksh-Safi region, located about 58 kilometres (36 mi) north of Marrakech, near the town of Ben Guerir. It previously served as a United States Air Force base and Transatlantic Abort Landing (TAL) site for the Space Shuttle .
Ben Guerir (Arabic: بن ڭرير) is a university town and military town that serves as the capital of Rehamna Province in central Morocco, in the Marrakesh-Safi region. it hosts Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Ben Guerir Air Base.
In July 2011, a Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130H crash killed 78 people after the aircraft, en route from Dakhla, a city in Morocco to Kenitra Air Base in Kenitra, crashed 9.7 km (6 mi) from a planned stop-over at Guelmim Air Base. The 6 crew, 60 members of the army and 12 civilians, mainly partners travelling with their partners, perished in ...
Ben Guerir AB, Morocco: ca. 1 Jan 1957–ca. 18 Mar 1960 847th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron: Misawa AB, Japan Unknown: J-58: 25 Aug 1951-15 Mar 1955 15 Mar 1955–ca.1961 848th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
The division exercised jurisdiction over three bases built for SAC bombers in Morocco, Sidi Slimane Air Base, Ben Guerir Air Base, and Nouasseur Air Base. [4] [note 1] The original agreement for the use of bases in Morocco had been negotiated in 1950, at a time when the country was still under French rule.
Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco (Closed 1958) Boulhaut Air Base, Morocco (Closed 1963) Comiso Air Base, Italy; Used as BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile base, 1983–1991. Hellenikon Airport, Greece (Closed 1993) Iraklion Air Station, Crete, Greece (Closed 1993) Nouasseur Air Base, Morocco (Closed 1963) Pirinclik Air Base, Turkey (Closed 1997)
•7603d Air Base Squadron (9-1-1956), reasignado como 3974th Air Base Squadron desde el 1 de enero de 1957. •431st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (1958-1964) •3974th Air Base Group, (1958-1965) •874th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, (1959-1965) •7602d Support Wing, (1960) •7472d Combat Support Group, (1964-1970)
Pages in category "Installations of the United States Air Force in Morocco" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Ben Guerir Air Base; N.