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Air base in Jordan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Prince Hassan Air Base (ICAO: OJPH;[2][3] Arabic: قاعدة الأمير حسن الجوية; formerly H-5) is a Royal Jordanian Air Force base, located near the town of Safawi, Mafraq Governorate, Jordan, 72.4 miles (100 km) east-northeast of the country's capital Amman.
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History
 | This section only references primary sources. (February 2024) |
The airfield was established as a landing strip associated with the Kirkuk–Haifa oil pipeline's H-5 pumping station, being used by Royal Air Force and Iraq Petroleum Company mail aircraft operating between Baghdad, Amman, and Cairo.[4]
In 1969, the airfield was opened as a military base, being named after Prince Hassan bin Talal, then Crown Prince of Jordan.[4] No. 9 Squadron RJAF was established at the base, operating Lockheed F-104A/B Starfighters.[4]
In 1994, the Fighter Weapons Instructor School was moved to the base.[4][clarification needed]
No. 6 Fighter Reconnaissance Squadron RJAF has been based at the airfield in the past,[4][when?] but has since moved to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base.[citation needed]
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Current use
As of 2015, No. 17 Squadron RJAF with Northrop F-5E/F Tiger IIs was stationed at the base.[5]
The United States Air Force has used the base occasionally since the 1980s,[citation needed] with a 2017 report noting that U.S. Air Force C-17s are transiting the airfield regularly.[6]
The French Air and Space Force has been using Prince Hassan Air Base as a base of operation since 2014, deploying six Mirage 2000 fighter jets there, which were replaced in 2017 by four Rafales.[7][8]
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References
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