avia.wikisort.org - AerodromeGamal Abdel Nasser Airbase (Arabic: قاعدة جمال عبد الناصر الجوية, romanized: Qāʿida Ǧamāl ʿAbd an-Nāṣir Ǧawwiyya) is a Libyan Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية الليبية, romanized: al-Quwwāt al-Ǧawwiyya al-Lībiyya, Berber: Adwas Alibyan Ujnna) base, located about 16 km south of Tobruk. It is believed to once have had about 60 or 70 Mirage F.1EDs aircraft assigned.
Airport in Libya
"El Adem" redirects here. For the town in Libya, see
Al Adm.
Gamal Abdel Nasser Airbase

قاعدة جمال عبد الناصر الجوية Qāʿida Ǧamāl ʿAbd an-Nāṣir Ǧawwiyya |
---|
|
|
Airport type | Military |
---|
Operator | Government |
---|
Location | al-ʿAdam, Butnan District, Libya |
---|
Elevation AMSL | 519 ft / 158 m |
---|
Coordinates | 31°51′41.00″N 023°54′24.4″E |
---|
|
 Gamal Abdel Nasser Airbase Location of Gamal Abdel Nasser Air Base, Libya |
|
Direction |
Length |
Surface |
m |
ft |
02/20 |
3,016 |
9,895 |
Asphalt |
09/27 |
2,998 |
9,836 |
Asphalt |
15/33 |
3,007 |
9,865 |
Asphalt |
|
Prior to 31 March 1970, the airfield was known as Royal Air Force Station El Adem (Arabic: العدم, romanized: al-ʿAdam after the nearby settlement al Adm), and used by the RAF primarily as a staging post.[1] Before World War II, it had been an Italian Air Force airfield. A number of the former Italian buildings were seen remaining in 2003, during a courtesy visit by former RAF personnel, at which time no military aircraft were evident.
Royal Air Force Station El Adem was the fuel stop for the BOAC aircraft carrying the new Queen Elizabeth II on her flight from Entebbe to London on 7 February 1952.[citation needed] In 1994, the remaining wreckage of Lady Be Good, a US Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24 Liberator heavy bomber that crashed-landed deep in the Libyan desert during WWII in 1943, was brought to the air base by a local Libyan team led by Dr. Fadel Ali Mohammed (tasked with recovering the plane wreck) for storage and safekeeping. The remnants of the aircraft still remain there.
World War II
The airfield was largely reconstructed in 1942 by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and brought into operational use on 12 December 1942. It was used during World War II by the RAF and the United States Army Air Forces during the North African Campaign against Axis forces.
RAF units which used the airfield were:
- No 31 Air Stores Park (8 Mar – 10 Apr 1941);
- HQ No 262 Wing (11–20 Dec 1941);
- HQ No 258 Wing (12–xx Dec 1941, 3–xx Feb 1942);
- No. 2 Squadron RAAF (19–21 Dec 1941, 2–3 Feb 1942, 15–17 Feb 1942);
- No 33 Air Stores Park (23 Dec 1941 – 31 Jan 1942);
- No 53 Repair and Salvage Unit (26 Dec 1941 – Feb 1942);
- No. 80 Squadron RAF (28 Dec 1941 – 3 Feb 1942);
- Air Sea Rescue Flt (10–31 Jan 1942);
- No. 73 Squadron RAF (3–18 Feb 1942, 20–27 May 1942, 17–28 Nov 1942);
- No. 94 Squadron RAF (15–17 Feb 1942);
- HQ No 211 Group (12 Mar – xxx 1942)
- No 211 Group Communications Flt (20 Apr 1942 – 17 Sep 1943)
- No. 267 Squadron RAF (Aug 1942 – Jan 1943)
- HQ No 243 Wing (17–xx Nov 1942)
- No. 33 Squadron RAF (18–28 Nov 1942)
- No. 117 Squadron RAF (19 Nov 1942 – 9 Jan 1943)
- No. 213 Squadron RAF (20–25 Nov 1942)
- No. 238 Squadron RAF (20–25 Nov 1942)
- No 12 Staging Post (8 Mar 1943 – 1 Aug 1945)
- HQ No 7 (SAAF) Wing (17 Apr – 18 May 1943)
- No 2915 Sqn RAF Regiment (May 1943 – xxx 194x)
- No. 47 Squadron RAF (14–25 Nov 1943)
- HQ No 240 Wing (28 Dec 1943 – 4 Feb 1944)
- No. 178 Squadron RAF (1 Jan – 1 Mar 1944)
- No. 462 Squadron RAF (1 Jan – 15 Feb 1944)
- No. 336 Squadron RAF (31 Jan – 5 Mar 1944, 15 Jul – 16 Sep 1944)
- No 1900 AOP Flt (15 Jan – 1 Jul 1952)
- No. 249 Squadron RAF (11 Mar – 3 May 1957)
- Swifter Trials Flt (Jan–Jul 1960)
- No 1564 Flt (1 May 1969 – 31 Mar 1970)
- No 1 Sqn RAF Regiment
USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:
- Attached to No 235 Wing, Royal Air Force[2]
Current use
The airbase is named after the Egyptian revolutionary Gamal Abdel Nasser, who served as President of Egypt. In 2013, the airport was officially reopened as Tobruk International Airport, with flights to Alexandria, Egypt.[3][4]
References
- Sir David Lee, 'Wings in the Sun,' Air Historical Branch/HMSO, London, 1989, 157-8.
-
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.5
- "Tobruk International Airport opened". Libya Business News. May 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- "Tobruk International Airport officially opened". Libya Herald. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
External links
 Royal Air Force  |
---|
Formations and units | Units |
- Commands
- Groups
- Wings
- Squadrons
- Flights
- Conversion units
- Operational Training units
- Schools / Training units
- Ferry units
- Glider units
- Misc units
|
---|
Stations | |
---|
Regiment | |
---|
|
---|
Branches and components |
- Air Force Board
- RAF Regiment
- RAF Chaplains Branch
- RAF Intelligence
- RAF Legal Branch
- RAF Medical Services
- Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service
- RAF Police
- RAF Search and Rescue Force
- RAF Mountain Rescue Service
- RAF Marine Branch
- RAF Ground Trades
|
---|
Reserve forces |
- Royal Auxiliary Air Force
- RAF Volunteer Reserve
|
---|
Associated civil organisations |
- Air Training Corps
- RAF Association
- RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine
- RAF Benevolent Fund
- RAF Football Association
- RAF Museum
|
---|
Equipment | |
---|
Personnel |
- Officer ranks
- Other ranks
- List of notable personnel
- List of serving senior officers
- Personnel numbers
|
---|
Appointments |
- Chief of Air Staff
- Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
- Air Member for Personnel
- Air Secretary
- Air Member for Materiel
- Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment
- Warrant Officer of the RAF
|
---|
Symbols and uniform |
- Ensign
- Badge
- Roundels
- Uniform
- Heraldic badges
|
---|
|
 USAAF Ninth Air Force in World War II |
---|
Stations | Palestine (Mand) | |
---|
Egypt | |
---|
Libya | |
---|
Tunisia | |
---|
United Kingdom | |
---|
Europe | |
---|
| |
---|
Units | Commands |
- 9th Air Division (was IX Bomber Command)
- IX Air Defense
- IX Fighter
- IX Tactical Air
- IX Troop Carrier
- XIX Tactical Air
- XXIX Tactical Air
|
---|
Wings | Bombardment |
- 97th Bombardment
- 98th Bombardment
- 99th Bombardment
|
---|
Fighter |
- 8th Fighter
- 9th Fighter
- 70th Fighter
- 71st Fighter
- 84th Fighter
- 100th Fighter
- 303d Fighter
|
---|
Troop carrier | |
---|
|
---|
Groups | Bombardment |
- 12th Bombardment
- 98th Bombardment
- 322d Bombardment
- 323d Bombardment Group
- 340th Bombardment Group
- 344th Bombardment Group
- 376th Bombardment
- 386th Bombardment
- 387th Bombardment
- 391st Bombardment
- 394th Bombardment
- 397th Bombardment
- 409th Bombardment
- 410th Bombardment
- 416th Bombardment
|
---|
Fighter |
- 36th Fighter
- 48th Fighter
- 50th Fighter
- 57th Fighter
- 79th Fighter
- 324th Fighter
- 354th Fighter
- 358th Fighter
- 365th Fighter
- 362d Fighter
- 363d Fighter
- 366th Fighter
- 367th Fighter
- 368th Fighter
- 370th Fighter
- 371st Fighter
- 373d Fighter
- 404th Fighter
- 405th Fighter
- 406th Fighter
- 474th Fighter
|
---|
Troop carrier |
- 61st Troop Carrier
- 64th Troop Carrier
- 313th Troop Carrier
- 314th Troop Carrier
- 315th Troop Carrier
- 316th Troop Carrier
- 349th Troop Carrier
- 434th Troop Carrier
- 435th Troop Carrier
- 436th Troop Carrier
- 437th Troop Carrier
- 438th Troop Carrier
- 439th Troop Carrier
- 440th Troop Carrier
- 441st Troop Carrier
- 442d Troop Carrier
- IX Troop Carrier Pathfinder (Provisional)
|
---|
Reconnaissance |
- 10th Reconnaissance
- 67th Reconnaissance
- 69th Reconnaissance
|
---|
|
---|
Squadrons | Liaison |
- 14th Liaison
- 47th Liaison
|
---|
Night fighter | |
---|
|
---|
|
---|
- United States Army Air Forces
- First
- Second
- Third
- Fourth
- Fifth
- Sixth
- Seventh
- Eighth
- Ninth
- Tenth
- Eleventh
- Twelfth
- Thirteenth
- Fourteenth
- Fifteenth
- Twentieth
|
На других языках
- [en] Gamal Abdel Nasser Airbase
[it] Base aerea Gamal Abd el-Nasser
La base aerea Gamal Abd el-Nasser è una infrastruttura dell'Aeronautica militare libica, una volta conosciuta come Royal Air Force Station El Adem,[1] in Cirenaica intorno alla località di El-Adem, a sud della città portuale di Tobruch in Libia.
Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.
Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии