Hamat Air Base | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hamat | ||||||||||
| Location | Hamat, Lebanon | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 840 ft / 256 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°17′0″N 35°42′0″E / 34.28333°N 35.70000°E | ||||||||||
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Hamat Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة حامات الجوية) is a Lebanese Air Force base in Hamat, Lebanon. It was built in the mid-1970s. The airport was however never used for civilian purposes. Although its heavily damaged runway (numerous holes as result of airstrikes) has been patched, the airfield is currently used only by the Lebanese Air Force with MD-530F Defenders helicopters and Super Tucano light attack aircraft. The airfield is also used by the Special Forces school.
Air base aircraft
The base has the following aircraft:[1]
- 6 A-29B Super Tucano counter insurgence planes
- 5 MD-530F light attack helicopters (6 delivered:[2],one crashed on 5 January 2022:[3])
References
- ↑ Official website of the Lebanese Army
- ↑ Beirut, U. S. Embassy (2021-11-16). "Six MD-530F+ Attack Helicopters Delivered to the Lebanese Armed Forces". U.S. Embassy in Lebanon. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ↑ "Army helicopter makes emergency landing in Hadath al-Jebbeh".
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