Tiyas Military Airbase
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Syrian Armed Forces | ||||||||||
| Operator | Syrian Arab Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Tiyas, Homs Governorate | ||||||||||
| In use | Present | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°31′21″N 37°37′47″E / 34.52250°N 37.62972°ECoordinates: 34°31′21″N 37°37′47″E / 34.52250°N 37.62972°E | ||||||||||
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  Tiyas Military Airbase Location in Syria | |||||||||||
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The Tiyas Military Airbase, also known as the T-4 Airbase is a Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) base located in the Homs Governorate, north of Tiyas, and west of the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria.
The Tiyas Military Airbase is the largest airbase in Syria.[1]
History
During the 1970s and 1980s, the Soviet Union was given access to the Tiyas Air Base for the periodical deployment of naval aircraft.
Civil war
The airbase was used by the Syrian Arab Air Force for airstrikes against opposition forces during the Syrian Civil War.
In December 2016, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacked the airbase a day after overrunning pro-government forces in nearby Palmyra. ISIL claimed to have destroyed four Syrian military aircraft during their attack on the airbase.[2]
Aircraft
1 Squadron MiG-25PD/PU/RB
5 Squadron MiG-25PD/PU/RB
819 Squadron Su-24MK
827 Squadron Su-22M-4