• Wheelus Air Base was a United States Air Force base located in British-occupied Libya and the Kingdom of Libya from 1943 to 1970. At one time it was the...
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    changed its name to the Libyan Arab Republic Air Force (LAAF). After US forces left Libya in 1970, Wheelus Air Base, a former US facility about 11 kilometres...
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    Aviano Air Base (IATA: AVB, ICAO: LIPA) (Italian: Base aerea di Aviano) is a base in northeastern Italy, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. It is located...
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    Zaragoza Air Base (IATA: ZAZ, ICAO: LEZG) is a base of the Spanish Air and Space Force located near Zaragoza, Spain. It is located 16 kilometres (10 mi)...
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    to the control of the US Army Air Forces, who called it Mellaha AAF until 1945, when they renamed it Wheelus Air Base for a US airman killed that year...
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  • Hellenikon Air Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force base located in Athens, Greece. After its closure, it was redeveloped into Ellinikon International...
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    installed in the chapel at Wheelus Air Base to commemorate Lady Be Good and her crew. As part of the US withdrawal from Wheelus, the window was disassembled...
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    Orly Air Base was a United States Air Force Facility during the early part of the Cold War, located at Aéroport de Paris-Orly, 15 kilometres (9 mi) south...
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    Incirlik Air Base (Turkish: İncirlik Hava Üssü) (IATA: UAB, ICAO: LTAG) is a Turkish air base of slightly more than 3320 ac (1335 ha), located in the İncirlik...
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  • Kansas. He later served in the Air Force, where he was editor of the base newspaper. He was later transferred to Wheelus Air Base in Tripoli, where he worked...
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    The most important of the United States installations in Libya was Wheelus Air Base, near Tripoli, considered a strategically valuable installation in...
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    available, but most have not been translated from their original Arabic. Wheelus Air Base Medieval Muslim Algeria Berbers and Islam Kusaila Early Muslim conquests...
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  • possessions, closed U.S. and British military bases (including the American Wheelus Air Base, renamed "Oqba ibn Nafi" after the first Arab-Muslim conqueror of North...
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    while Detachment 2, 7206th Air Base Squadron, supported USAF installations in the area after April 1, 1954. The United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)...
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    present) Wheelus Air Base, Libya, 14 November 1952 – 18 September 1960 Wheelus Air Base, Libya, 18 June 1961 – 15 February 1970 Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada...
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    Seventeenth Air Force had been solely assigned to U.S. Air Forces, Europe, throughout its existence. Seventeenth Air Force was moved to Wheelus Air Base, Libya...
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    still mainly held in Libya utilizing the ranges at Wheelus Air Base. After June 1960, when SAC's 65th Air Division was transferred to USAFE, the footprint...
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    9th Attack Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    be moved to Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany. During the relocation to West Germany, the squadron deployed to Wheelus Air Base, Libya, for gunnery training...
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    Morocco; Wheelus Air Base, Libya Brookley AFB and Keflavik Airport, Iceland; RAF Manston, England. Additionally, logistic support flights for Strategic Air Command...
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    Morón Air Base (IATA: OZP, ICAO: LEMO) is located at 37°10′N 5°36′W / 37.167°N 5.600°W / 37.167; -5.600 in southern Spain, approximately 35 miles (56 km)...
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    the Libyan government regarding the Wheelus Air Base in Tripoli, which asked what they could use for their base.[citation needed] Lightner served as...
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  • Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1997) France Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1949) Howard Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1999) Ramey Air...
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    Torrejón Air Base (IATA: TOJ, ICAO: LETO) (Base Aérea de Torrejón de Ardoz) is both a major Spanish Air and Space Force base and the co-located Madrid–Torrejón...
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    Wheelus Air Base, a previous US facility about seven miles from Tripoli, became a Libyan Air Force installation and was renamed Okba Ben Nafi Air Base...
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  • Annual Missile Launch Operation, at Wheelus Air Base in the 1950s Air Mobility Liaison Officer of the United States Air Force Amloh, a town in India Low-power...
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  • Sidi Slimane Air Base (ICAO: GMSL)was a military air base in Sidi Slimane, a city in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region in Morocco. It is also known as the...
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    Évreux, its mission was changed to support fighter weapons training at Wheelus Air Base, Libya with the transport of maintenance personnel, aircraft support...
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    7th Fighter Training Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    be moved to Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany. During the relocation to West Germany, the squadron deployed to Wheelus Air Base, Libya, for gunnery training...
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    beginning on 23 October. Some deployed aircraft were called back from Wheelus Air Base Libya where they were undergoing training. Targets in Eastern Europe...
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    1986 United States bombing of Libya (category Attacks on air bases)
    The United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps carried out air strikes, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, against Libya on 15 April 1986 in...
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