Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base

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Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base
IATA: none – ICAO: OKAJ
Summary
Airport type		Military
Serves		Kuwait
Coordinates		28°56′05″N 47°47′31″E / 28.93472, 47.79194

Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (ICAO: OKAJ) is a Kuwait air force installation with part designated for operations by the US Air Force and its allies.

A camp sitting 75 miles south of the Iraqi border. Active-duty, Guard and Reserve A-10 and F-16 fighter units, along with support individuals, rotate in and out. At the Al Jaber AFB the 332 ELS Commander and 10 personnel are on a one-year tour; all others (1190 personnel) rotate every 90 days.

According to USA Today on 22 October 2003 the US Ambassador to Kuwait, Richard Jones, announced that the United States was reducing its presence at Al Jaber with the intent of fully reducing its forces at that location. Aircraft normally at Al Jaber have departed for other locations.^{[citation needed]}