Hamadan military airfield
| Hamadan military airfield | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | OIHS | ||
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| Height above MSL | 1710 m (5610 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 47 km north of Hamadan, 1 km west of Kabudrahang |
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| operator | Iranian Air Force | ||
| Runways | |||
| 05/23 | 3936 m of asphalt | ||
| 13R / 31L | 4359 m of asphalt | ||
The Hamadan Air Base (also English Hamedan Airbase, Shahrokhi Airbase or Nojeh Airbase ) is a military airfield of the Iranian Air Force. It is located in Hamadan Province in northwestern Iran , about 47 km north of the provincial capital Hamadan .
The air base became known to the public as the starting point of the Nojeh coup . The coup was a planned coup attempt on July 9, 1980 (18. Tir 1359) with the code name "NEGHAB" ( mask ), with which Prime Minister Abolhassan Banisadr and the entire leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran including its leader Khomeini should be overthrown.
The base came into the public eye again in August 2016 when, as part of the Russian military operation in Syria, at Syria's request , Russian bombers were refueled here in order to attack positions of the Islamist militias in Syria. On August 21, 2016, Iranian Defense Minister Hussein Dehghan announced that the use of the military airfield had been restricted to this mission and that Russian aircraft would not be permanently stationed in Iran.
Web links
- Shahrokhi Air Base, 3rd Tactical Air Base, Hamadan. In: globalsecurity.org. Retrieved August 18, 2016 .
- OIHS - Hamadan-Shahrokhi Airport. In: skyvector.com. SkyVector, accessed August 20, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Shahrokhi Air Base, 3rd Tactical Air Base, Hamadan. In: globalsecurity.org. Retrieved August 18, 2016 .
- ↑ OIHS - HAMADAN - NOGEH / Military. (No longer available online.) In: eaip.austrocontrol.at. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016 ; accessed on August 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Iran's Defense Minister: Russian fighter jets based on Hamadan at the request of Syria. In: de.sputniknews.com. August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Iran says Russian use of air base for Syria strikes over 'for now'. In: reuters.com. August 22, 2016, accessed on August 22, 2016 .
