King Hussein Air Base
| King Hussein Air Base Mafraq Air Base مطار الملك الدولي |
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| IATA: OMF – ICAO: OJMF | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mafraq, Jordan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 683 m / 2,241 ft | ||||||||||
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King Hussein Air Base also known as Mafraq Air Base (IATA: OMF, ICAO: OJMF) and King Hussein Air College, is an air base 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) of the city of Mafraq, in the Mafraq Governorate of Jordan.
History
The site has been used as an aviation hub since the 1920s. New buildings and a concrete runway were built in an expansion that took place in 1951.[5] It became an asset of the Jordanian government on 31 May 1957 and sat unused for a year.[5] It was renamed King Hussein Air Base in June 1959, with No.1 Fighter Squadron (Hunters) and later No.2 Squadron (Vampires) of the Royal Jordanian Air Force moving from Amman.[5]
One of the hangars, some aircraft, and a runway were destroyed in the Six-Day War (1967).[6] Since 1978 it has been named King Hussein Air College.[6] It is home to the Flying School, the Staff School, the Junior Command, and Number 2, 4, 5, and 11 Squadrons.[6]
References
- ↑ Airport information for OJMF at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ Airport information for OJMF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ↑ Accident history for OMF at Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ Airport information for King Hussein Air Base at Search (for) Travel website.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 King Hussein Air College – Mafraq
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