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The Tunisian Air Force was established in 1959, three years after Tunisia regained its independence from France. It took deliveries of its first aircraft, eight Saab 91 Safirs, in 1960, later to be complemented by further Saab 91 Safirs. The Tunisian Air Force entered the jet age in 1965 with the purchase of 8 MB326-Bs and then 5 MB326-LTs.
The Tunisian Air Force is equipped with 10 Northrop F-5E Tiger II and two Northrop F-5F Tiger II. These form 15 Squadron at Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base. It also includes 12 Aero L-59T, as well as three Aermacchi MB-326K (combat capable) as well as 4 MB-326B, and 3 MB326L. [3]
Used by infantry as general-purpose machine gun and by Tunisian Air Force mounted on helicopters. M60: 7.62×51mm NATO: General-purpose machine gun United States: Standard general-purpose machine gun. Variants include M60E6. MG 3: 7.62×51mm NATO: General-purpose machine gun West Germany: M2 Browning: 12.7×99mm NATO: Heavy machine gun United ...
two gunpowder plants in the Kasbah of Tunis and El Jem; a large modern flour mill located in Djedeida to ensure the food needs of the military in Dabdaba, near the Kasbah of Tunis. This complex included a bakery and an oil mill with hydraulic presses. Around 1865 many of these plants were dismantled or abandoned during a financial crisis.
Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base (ICAO: DTTB) is a Tunisian Air Force base located approximately 7 km west of Menzel Abderhaman, and 9 km west-southwest of Bizerte. Units stationed at the base are: No. 11 Squadron; Jet trainer squadron, Aermacchi MB-326. No. 15 Squadron; Fighter squadron, Northrop F-5 Tiger/TigerII. No. 21 Squadron
Tunis, Tunisia, February to March 2024: The Tunisian air force hosted the thirteenth iteration of the African Air Chiefs Symposium in conjunction with Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe-United States Air Forces Africa. The Symposium was co-chaired by the AAAF Chairman, Chief of Staff of the Tunisian air force, Lieutenant General ...
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Israeli Air Force commander Amos Lapidot saw little chance of resistance from the Tunisian Air Force or Tunisian air defenses, but believed that on such a long flight, technical problems could arise. [ 16 ] [ 4 ] After the first refueling halfway to the target and because no problems had occurred up to that point, the two F-15s in reserve ...