Menagh Military Airbase
Menagh Air Base | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Syrian Armed Forces | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Syrian Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Menagh, Aleppo Governorate | ||||||||||||||
| In use | Unknown-present | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°31′19″N 037°2′28″E / 36.52194°N 37.04111°ECoordinates: 36°31′19″N 037°2′28″E / 36.52194°N 37.04111°E | ||||||||||||||
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  Menagh Air Base Location in Syria | |||||||||||||||
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Menagh Air Base (or Minnigh airport, Minakh Air Base ) is a Syrian Air Force installation located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
Menagh Air Base is home to the 4th Flying Training Squadron, equipped with MBB 223 Flamingo trainer aircraft and Mil Mi-8 helicopters.[1]
The air base became a major target of the armed opposition in the Syrian civil war's Battle of Aleppo.[2] The air base was under siege by opposition forces from August 2012 until it fell to the militants of al-Nusra Front on 6 August 2013.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Minakh". Global Security.org. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ↑ "If Syria's rebels can't take The Fortress, how can they take the capital?". The Independent. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ↑ "Syrian rebels capture military airport near Turkey". Global Security.org. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2014.