Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base

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Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base
قاعدة احمد الجابر الجوية
IATA: XIJ – ICAO: OKAJ
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Kuwait Air Force
Serves Kuwait
Elevation AMSL 407 ft / 124 m
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15R/33L 9,843 3,000
15L/33R 9,843 3,000

Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (IATA: XIJ, ICAO: OKAJ) is a Kuwait Air Force installation with part designated for operations by the U.S. Air Force and its allies.

History

Sitting 75 miles south of the Iraqi border, the base has supported active duty Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter units, along with support individuals, rotated in and out. At Al Jaber AB, the 332 ELS Commander and 10 personnel were on one-year tours; all others (1190 personnel) rotated every 90 to 120 days.

On 1 December 1998, the 4406th Operations Group (Provisional) at Al Jaber Air Base inactivated and the 332nd Air Expeditionary Group activated.[1]

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. USAF assets remaining in Kuwait are primarily stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base.

The base was re-opened during 2014 sometime before October.[citation needed]

Between 15 October 2014 and 30 September 2015 the Royal Danish Air Force deployed seven General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcons with four being operational and three others in a reserve capacity.[2]

Current use

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Further information: Military intervention against ISIL order of battle

The base is controlled by the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing[3] and due to the Military intervention against ISIL the American Government has deployed various aircraft there.[4]

From November 22, 2014 four Panavia Tornados from 6º Stormo of the Italian Air Force deployed there for an unknown amount of time[5] along with a Boeing KC-767A from 14º Stormo.[6]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Globalsecurity.org, Joint Task Force Southwest Asia, accessed January 2009
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