Al Ismailiyah Air Base

Al Ismailiyah Air Base
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Government
Location Egypt
Elevation AMSL 39 ft / 12 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 10,555 3,217 Asphalt
Al Ismailiyah Air Base
Location of Al Ismailiyah Air Base, Egypt

Al Ismailiyah Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية‎, Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä al-Miṣrīyä) base, located approximately 4 km west-northwest of Ismailia; (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo.

World War II

During World War II the airfield, then known as RAF Ismailia or Ismailia Airfield was used as a military airfield by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces. Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened about 1916.

USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:

[1]

Today, the airfield is an active Egyptian Air Force Base. It's World War II configuration is still evident in aerial photography.

References

  1. ^  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
    • Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
    • Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5

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