Sidi Slimane Air Base
Sidi Slimane Air Base Fifth Royal Air Force Base | |||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°13′50″N 006°03′01″W / 34.23056°N 6.05028°W | ||||||||||
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Sidi Slimane Air Base (ICAO: GMSL)was a military air base in Sidi Slimane,[1] a city in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region in Morocco. It is also known as the Fifth Royal Air Force Base,[1] operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force.
History
Built in 1951 by Atlas Construction, Sidi Slimane AB was initially used by
On 13 July 1951, six
Host unit was the 3906th Air Base Group Later: 3906th Combat Support Group. Facilities expanded in the early 1950s to accommodate jet aircraft and was used by the SAC
Sidi Slimane was also used by the
Sidi Slimane Air Base was the location of a
Sidi Slimane AB was closed on 30 September 1963 and turned over to the Moroccan government.[7]
Today two squadrons equipped with the
Facilities
The airport resides at an
The base has supported occasional deployments of SAC
References
- ^ a b c d Airport information for GMSL[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for GMSL at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ .
- ^ "Narrative Summary of Accidents Involving U.S. Nuclear Weapons 1950–1980" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. April 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
- ISSN 0195-6450. Archived from the originalon 23 September 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
- ^ "Broken Arrows". United Kingdom Nuclear Forces. 28 April 2005. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
- ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
- ^ "Scramble Dutch Aviation Society". Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- 3973d Combat Defense Squadron's Webpage for the SAC's 16th Air Force Units and Bases, Sidi Slimane AB, Morocco