Taftanaz Air Base

Taftanaz Air Base is an airbase located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south of Taftanaz, Idlib Governorate and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of Ta'um, Idlib Governorate, Syria.

Taftanaz Air Base
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Syrian Arab Air Force
Operator	Turkish Air Force
Location	Taftanaz, Idlib Governorate
In use	1940-present
Elevation AMSL	1,027 ft / 313 m
Coordinates	35°58′20″N 036°46′59″E
Map
Taftanaz Air Base Location in Syria
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 0,000 0,000 Concrete

Taftanaz was home to two squadrons of Mil-8/17 Hip helicopters until its capture by the Syrian Opposition.^[1]

Led by fighters from the Al-Nusra Front and an Ahrar al-Sham battalion, Syrian rebels overran Taftanaz during the second week of January 2013.^[1][2]

On 6 February 2020, the Turkish Armed Forces constructed a military installation on the premises of the airbase, as Syrian Government forces advanced toward it during the 2020 Northwestern Syria offensive.^[3] It was targeted with airstrikes by the Syrian Air Force just hours after being constructed.^[4]

On 2 March 2020, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a Syrian Government attack on Taftanaz Airbase leaving one Turkish soldier dead and three wounded.^[5]

See also

• List of Syrian Air Force bases