Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base
Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base | |
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Part of Tunisian Air Force | |
Coordinates | 37°14′36.30″N 009°47′11.03″E / 37.2434167°N 9.7863972°E |
Type | Military airfield |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Tunisian Air Force United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1943 |
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
See also
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress airfields in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
References
- ^ "U.S. has secretly expanded its global network of drone bases to North Africa". The Washington Post. 26 October 2016.
- ^ "America Is Quietly Expanding Its War in Tunisia". The National Interest. 18 September 2018.
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. OCLC 72556.
- Tunisian Air Force order of battle