Prince Hassan Air Base
Prince Hassan Air Base (H-5)
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| Near Amman in Jordan | |||||||
 Prince Hassan Air Base
Shown within Jordan
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| Type | Air Base | ||||||
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| Owner | Jordanian Armed Forces | ||||||
| Operator | Royal Jordanian Air Force | ||||||
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| Built | 1966-69 | ||||||
| In use | 1969-present | ||||||
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| Elevation | 676 metres (2,218 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Prince Hassan Air Base (H5) is a Royal Jordanian Air Force base, located 72.4 miles east-northeast of Amman, Jordan.
History
H5 used to be a pumping station for the oil pipeline from Iraq to Haifa and had a landing strip which was used by Royal Air Force and Iraq Petroleum Company mail aircraft flying between Baghdad/Amman/Cairo.
The base was opened in 1969 and named after HRH Prince El Hassan. No. 9 Squadron RJAF was established there with Lockheed F-104A/B Starfighters.
No. 6 Fighter Reconnaissance Squadron RJAF has been based there in the past but has since moved to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base
Current use
Presently No. 17 Squadron RJAF with Northrop F-5E/F Tiger IIs, are based there.[1] In 1994 the Fighter Weapons Instructor School came to H5.
The United States Air Force has used the base occasionally since the 1980s.[citation needed]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
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