Almaza Air Force Base Airport is a regional airport in north-eastern Cairo, the capital of Egypt. It was established as a civilian aerodrome, but was...
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battle for the Air Force can be found in Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II, listing Nos 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 Squadrons at Almaza Air Base, and No. 2 Squadron...
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Field Marshal Amer and Lt-Gen. Sedky Mahmoud, who were en route from Almaza Air Base to Bir Tamada in the Sinai to meet the commanders of the troops stationed...
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Birma/Tanta Cairo/Almaza Cairo/Intl Cairo/West Minya Fayid Gabal El Basur Hurghada Inshas Gianaclis Kom Awshim Mersa Matruh Jandali Abu Suweir Air Base 30°34′22″N...
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Mohamed Sedky Mahmoud (category Egyptian Air Force air marshals)
head of the Dekhila Air Base in August 1949, and then Almaza Air Base in August 1951. He was promoted as the 1st Lt. Gen. in 1952. Air Marshal M Sedky Mahmoud...
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Alexandria HEAX Borg El Arab Airport HBE Alexandria / Borg El Arab HEBA Almaza Air Base Almaza HEAZ Assiut Airport ATZ Assiut HEAT Aswan International Airport...
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accommodation for Almásy). It is often said (mainly in Hungary) that the Almaza Air Base was named after him, but this has absolutely no foundation; the first...
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CCCP-86670 to the Monino outdoor Air Force Museum. A derelict Il-62 without any paint or markings is on display near Vasylkiv Air Base in Ukraine. Data from Jane's...
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Cairo West Air Base (which was aborted in flight due to potential risk to US personnel in the vicinity) while six more attacked Almaza Air Base and a further...
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entertain troops. On 7 July 1965, a Soviet Air Force An-12 crashed shortly after takeoff from Almaza Air Base, Egypt, killing 30 of 31 on board. After takeoff...
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Zakaria Mohieddin and Yuri Gagarin - the first Human in Space, Cairo Almaza Air Base, February 2, 1962...
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Achille Lauro hijacking (redirect from EgyptAir Flight 2843)
hijacking.) He relayed to North that the four hijackers were at the Almaza Air Base near Cairo. Later that morning American sources confirmed the information...
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wheels-up landing at Almaza Air Base, Cairo. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Almaza to Khartoum Airport, Sudan;...
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airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was...
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No. 10 Squadron RAF (redirect from No. 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force)
10 Squadron dropped the first RAF bombs on Egypt during a raid on Almaza Air Base on 31 October 1956. The squadron disbanded on 15 January 1957. No....
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International. 28 April 1938. p. 416 (Archive). "MISR AIRWORK, S.A.E., Almaza Aerodrome, Heliopolis." "World airline survey—United Arab Airlines – UAA"...
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flight flew over the Egyptian air base at Almaza twice, 10 minutes apart; in between the British and French attacked the base, and the visible results of...
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during a flight from Almaza Air Base outside Cairo, Egypt, to Khartoum in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The aircraft returns to Almaza and makes a belly landing...
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Cairo International Airport (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in North Africa)
States Army Air Forces (USAAF) built John Payne Field Air Force Base to serve the Allied Forces, rather than take over the existing Almaza Airport located...
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September 1954: SU-AFO of Misrair crashed at Almaza Airport, Cairo, Egypt. 28 June 1956: T-5 of the Argentine Air Force crashed at Resistencia, Argentina....
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Matruh, wfu) --> AW149 546 Air Wing: 12 Squadron (Almaza) Egyptian Air Force India Indian Naval Air Arm Pakistan Pakistan Naval Air Arm Ukraine Ukrainian Naval...
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ordered to hit Almaza airbase outside of Cairo. British night bombing proved ineffective. Starting on the morning of 1 November, carrier-based de Havilland...
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Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons List of RAF Regiment units List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons List of Army Air Corps aircraft units List of Air Training...
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Robert Saundby (redirect from Air Marshall Sir Robert Saundby)
1922 and 1925 he served as a Flight Commander in No. 45 Squadron, based at Almaza, Cairo. Flying the Vickers Vernon transport aircraft. He flew as co-pilot...
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British Overseas Airways Corporation (redirect from British Overseas Air Corporation)
Electra G-AFCS Lea crashed at Almaza Airport, Egypt; no casualties. On 14 April 1944, Lockheed 10A Electra G-AEPR crashed at Almaza Airport. On 21 April 1944...
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Egypt Aviation Academy (category Educational organisations based in Egypt)
Egypt Air aircraft and was based at Almaza airport (HEAZ). The high demand for this school encouraged Egypt Air to open a new school in Alexandria in...
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11 Squadron SAAF (category Squadrons of the South African Air Force)
11 Squadron was disbanded. The squadron was re-formed on 29 June 1944 at Almaza in Egypt flying Mk.VB and Mk.VC Spitfires in the role of fighter squadron...
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31 Squadron SAAF (category Squadrons of the South African Air Force)
The squadron was re-formed at Zwartkop Air Station in South Africa in early January 1944 and was moved to Almaza in Egypt on 30 January 1944. Ground crews...
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