Kuweires Military Aviation Institute
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| Airport type | Military aviation institute | ||||||||||
| Owner | Syrian Armed Forces | ||||||||||
| Operator |  Syrian Interim Government[1] | ||||||||||
| Location | Kuweires Sharqi, Aleppo Governorate | ||||||||||
| Built | 1980 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°11′13″N 37°34′59″E / 36.18694°N 37.58306°E | ||||||||||
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Kuweires Military Aviation Institute (
airbase and military aviation institute in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. It is situated some 30 km east of the city of Aleppo,[2] to the northeast of Kuweires Sharqi village, between As-Safira in the West and Dayr Hafir
in the East.
The base was constructed with
Syrian Arab Air Force since 1980. The Military Aviation Institute was renovated between 2017 and 2021. Institute was reopened in 2021.[3]
Siege during the Syrian civil war
Kuweires Airbase was defended mostly by cadets when it fell under siege by
VBIEDs. ISIS negotiators called up officers on the phone and urged them to surrender and shelled the base with leaflets promising safe passage, but no one defected.[4] Twice ISIS breached the perimeter of the airbase, even reaching as far as the hardened aircraft shelters where the defenders lived, but could not capture it.[4]
Colonel
The Syrian government repaired the base immediately after lifting the siege, deploying a squadron of
Buk M1 surface-to-air missile system, operated by a combined Russian and Syrian crew, to defend the base.[2]
On 25 July 2024, GUR forces attacked Russian forces at the Kuweires airbase in Syria, destroying an Electronic Warfare station.[6] Later that year, on 30 November, the Syrian National Army secured the airbase during the Operation Dawn of Freedom.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "More than 200,000 Syrians trapped in Operation "Dawn of Freedom"... Communications cut off in northern Aleppo countryside and fears of massacres against Kurdish citizens" (in Arabic). SOHR. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ a b c Cooper, Tom. "Syria's Rebels: Turkey Won, and Lost, the Race to Al Bab". War Is Boring. Retrieved 6 March 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "After years of absence, Syria's jet training kicks off again". scramble.nl. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ Independent.co.uk. 3 July 2016.
- ^ "Iran sends fighters to Syria, escalating its involvement - US News". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "Ukraine's special forces hit Russian base in Syria - media". ukrinform. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "Syrian rebels capture majority of Aleppo as Russia's forces abandon bases". Yahoo. 2024-11-30.
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