Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base

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Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base
Part of Tunisian Air Force
Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base is located in Tunisia
Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base
Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base
Location of Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base, Tunisia
Coordinates37°14′36.30″N 009°47′11.03″E / 37.2434167°N 9.7863972°E / 37.2434167; 9.7863972
TypeMilitary airfield
Site information
Controlled byTunisian Air Force United States Air Force
Site history
Built1943

Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base (ICAO: DTTB) is a Tunisian Air Force base located approximately 7 km west of Menzel Abderhaman, and 9 km west-southwest of Bizerte.

Units stationed at the base are:

  • No. 11 Squadron
Jet trainer squadron, Aermacchi MB-326
  • No. 15 Squadron
Fighter squadron, Northrop F-5 Tiger/TigerII
  • No. 21 Squadron
  • Transport squadron,
    G-222

World War II

During

2d Bombardment Group
, between 2 and 9 December 1943. There was a major air depot co-located at Sidi Ahmen.

Post-World War II

AFRICOM secretly operates a drone base at Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base.[1][2]

See also

  • Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress airfields in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations

References

  1. ^ "U.S. has secretly expanded its global network of drone bases to North Africa". The Washington Post. 26 October 2016.
  2. ^ "America Is Quietly Expanding Its War in Tunisia". The National Interest. 18 September 2018.

External links

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency