Isa Air Base
Isa Air Base Arabic:قاعدة الشيخ عيسى الجوية | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Bahraini Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Bahrain | ||||||||||
| ElevationAMSL | 136 ft / 41 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°55′06″N050°35′26″E/ 25.91833°N 50.59056°E | ||||||||||
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Isa Air Base(IAB), formerly known asShaikh Isa Air Base(ICAO:OBBS), is located on the island nation ofBahrain.Isa Air Base is located on the shore of thePersian Gulfin southern Bahrain.
It hosts theRoyal Bahraini Air Force(RBAF) Fighter Wing and the two squadrons that comprise it.
History
[edit]During the firstGulf War,some of theCoalitionforces, having trouble with the Arab pronunciation, knew the base under the name "Shakey's Pizza".[2]
Current use
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Bahrain
[edit]The base is home to the RBAF's1st Fighter Wing:
- 1st Fighter Squadron –Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon C/D Block 40
- 2nd Fighter Squadron –F-16C/D Block 40
- 6th Fighter Squadron –Northrop F-5E/F
- 5th Squadron –British Aerospace Hawk
- 4th Squadron –Slingsby T-67 Firefly
United States
[edit]In March 2009, the United States Air Force established a camp on Isa Air Base to support aerial port operations. The unit was designated a detachment of the379th Air Expeditionary WingofAl Udeid Air Base,Qatar.This detachment's purpose was to accelerate the delivery ofmine-resistant ambush-protectedall-terrain vehicles to U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
As part of itsoperations against ISIL,the United States hasdeployed various aircraftthere.[3]
As of August 27, 2020,KBRis in charge of base operations support services at Isa Air Base.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Airport information for OBBS".World Aero Data.Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)Data current as of October 2006. Source:DAFIF. - ^Frederick Forsyth:"The Fist of God",ISBN0-552-13990-4[page needed]
- ^AirForces Monthly.Stamford,Lincolnshire,England:Key Publishing Ltd.May 2015. p. 59.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: year (link) - ^"Contracts for August 27, 2020".U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.Retrieved2020-09-11.