Muwaffaq Salti Air Base

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Muwaffaq Salti Air Base
قاعدة الشهيد موفق السلطي الجوية - الازرق
Muwaffaq Salti Air Base (Jordan)
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Characteristics
ICAO code OJMS
Coordinates

31 ° 49 ′ 33 "  N , 36 ° 46 ′ 55"  E Coordinates: 31 ° 49 ′ 33 "  N , 36 ° 46 ′ 55"  E
Height above MSL 524 m (1719  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 1 km east of al-Azraq
Street 30th
Basic data
opening 1981
operator Jordanian Air Force
Runways
08/26 2750 m × 45 m concrete
13/31 3002 m × 45 m asphalt / concrete



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Muwaffaq Salti Air Base ( Arabic قاعدة الشهيد موفق السلطي الجوية - الازرق, DMG Qāʿidat aš-Šahīd Muwaffaq as-Salṭī al-ǧawwiyya - al-Azraq , also known as Al-Azraq Air Base ), ICAO code : OJMS , is a base of the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) near al-Azraq , around 100 km east of Amman . The Bundeswehr uses the airfield as part of Operation Inherent Resolve together with the USA and the Netherlands . Muwaffaq Salti Air Base is the center of operations after the move from Incirlik Air Base ( Turkey ). Since July 9, 2017 there is a tanker aircraft type Airbus A310 MRTT the Special Air Mission Wing of the Federal Ministry of Defense stationed, on 4 October 2017 laid four reconnaissance aircraft type Panavia Tornado on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base.

history

In 1918, during the First World War, T. E. Lawrence (also known as Lawrence of Arabia) used the historic castle in al- Azraq and the plains in that location as a base for the landing of the planes that supported the army north towards Syria . The main qualities of the area were its good visibility and good flying weather.

In 1976 the Royal Jordanian Air Force selected the area as a new main airport. In the same year construction began and in November 1980 the No. 1 ( Northrop F-5A / B Freedom Fighters ) and No. 11 squadrons ( F-5E / F Tiger II ) were used there.

The airfield was officially opened on May 24, 1981. It was named after Lieutenant Muwaffaq Badr as-Salti, who died on November 13, 1966 in the battle of Samou in a fight with the Israeli Air Force and is venerated as a martyr. Here were initially the squadrons No. 1 and 25 Mirage. All Mirage squadrons were stationed here between 1997 and 2007.

Between October 2014 and July 2015, the Belgian Air Force deployed six Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon here under Operation Desert Falcon (later Operation Inherent Resolve ) because of the military intervention against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant .

gallery

  • Flag and cockade of the Royal Jordanian Air Force

  • USAF and RJAF F-16 jets at the Air Base in October 2009

  • A KC-135 Stratotanker on approach to the air base, October 2009

  • F-16A / B Fighting Falcon of the RJAF, stationed at the air base

Current usage

Squadrons No. 1 and No. 2 ( General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon ) have been stationed there since 1997 .

Due to the military intervention against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, the Royal Netherlands Air Force has some of their General Dynamics F-16 AMLU Fighting Falcon along with General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 20th Fighter Wing and F-16A Fighting Falcon from the Royal Bahraini Air Force . The American government also used various aircraft there due to the military intervention against IS. The base will house several MQ-9 Reaper drones , this can be seen on satellite images. The base is operated in part by the 407th Air Expeditionary Group of the Jordan Air Force.

See also: Islamic State (organization)

Web links

Commons : Muwaffaq Salti Air Base  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matthias Reiche: Incirlik: Put money in the sand? (No longer available online.) In: MDR aktuell. June 11, 2017, archived from the original on June 21, 2017 ; accessed on May 6, 2019 .
  2. ^ Matthias Gebauer: Mission against IS: Bundeswehr starts withdrawal from Turkey. In: Spiegel Online. July 9, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Thomas Wiegold: Air Force relocates tanker aircraft to Jordan for the fight against ISIS (with correction). In: augengeradeaus.net. July 9, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Thomas Wiegold: German tornadoes arrived in Jordan (update). In: augengeradeaus.net. October 4, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017 .
  5. ↑ airforces Monthly . Stamford , Lincolnshire , England : Key Publishing Ltd. September 2015. p. 74.
  6. ↑ airforces Monthly . Stamford , Lincolnshire , England : Key Publishing Ltd. November 2014. p. 4th
  7. ↑ airforces Monthly . Stamford , Lincolnshire , England : Key Publishing Ltd. May 2015. p. 56.
  8. ↑ Reaper Drones Revealed to Be Operating from Jordan. February 25, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019 (UK English).
  9. ↑ Oriana Pawlyk, Phillip Swarts: Air Force identifies airman killed by storm in Jordan. August 7, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2019 (American English).