Al Dhafra Air Base
| Al Dhafra Air Base قاعدة الظفرة الجوية | |||||||||||||||
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 World Trade Center memorials at Al Dhafra, June 2004 | |||||||||||||||
| IATA: DHF – ICAO: OMAM | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | United Arab Emirates Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Abu Dhabi, UAE | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Mussafah, UAE | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 77 ft / 23 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°14′24″N 054°32′54″E / 24.24000°N 54.54833°ECoordinates: 24°14′24″N 054°32′54″E / 24.24000°N 54.54833°E | ||||||||||||||
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  OMAM Location in the UAE | |||||||||||||||
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Al Dhafra Air Base (Arabic:قاعدة الظفرة الجوية) (IATA: DHF, ICAO: OMAM) is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately 20 mi (32 km) south of Abu Dhabi and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 77 ft (23 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways, 13L/31R and 13R/31L, each having an asphalt surface measuring 3,661 m × 46 m (12,011 ft × 151 ft).[1]
Hosted Units
The airbase is the headquarters of the Western Air Command of the UAE Air Force. It hosts the UAE Air Force Fighter Wing, comprising the 1st Shaheen Squadron, 2nd Shaheen Squadron, and 3rd Shaheen Squadron (all equipped with F-16E/F Desert Falcon), and the 71st and 76th Fighter Squadrons (both with Mirage 2000-9EAD/DAD).
Current use
The United States Air Force's 380th Air Expeditionary Wing has a number of aircraft based here, including: Lockheed U-2S's,[2] McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extenders, Boeing E-3 Sentrys (AWACS) and Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawks due to the Military intervention against ISIL various other aircraft have been deployed there.[3]
On 1 September 2008 the French Air Force opened their own military settlement within the northwest corner of the base operating Dassault Rafales and Boeing C-135FR Stratolifters.
Due to the Military intervention against ISIL the French have also deployed Breguet Atlantique II maritime patrol aircraft as part of Opération Chammal.[4]
References
- 1 2 Airport information for OMAM from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. September 2014. p. 7.
- ↑ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. May 2015. p. 56.
- ↑ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. November 2014. p. 4.
External links
- Al Dhafra Air Base at GlobalSecurity.org
- Current weather for OMAM at NOAA/NWS
- Al Dhafra Air Base at OSGEOINT