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Kibrit Air Base

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units arrived to supplement the RAF against the Germans in the Western Desert. After the war, Kabrit remained a RAF station, hosting transport squadrons, five circa 1946. This continued until the breakdown in relations between the British and Egyptian governments in 1956, when the decision was taken
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Kibrit remains an Egyptian Air Force base. Currently, the airfield houses an SA-342 Gazelle unit. Its main runways are having their asphalt removed, but the hangars are still being used for housing the helicopters.
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Secret Document 161, Location of units in the Royal Air Force, 34th issue, July 1943, Royal Air Force Museum accession number PR02859.
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The airfield was taken over by the Egyptian Air Force and renamed "Kibrit", becoming one of its main airfields. During the
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RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912
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unit is based here. The name of the station came from a nearby village, and in Egyptian means "sulphur".
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along with Kasfreet and Shalufa Airfields, however it was not used by the Israeli Air Force.
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with Israel, the airfield was captured by Israeli ground forces that crossed the
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Royal Air Force Airfield Creation for the Western Desert Campaign
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Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Egypt
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List of North African airfields during World War II
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Index

RAF Kabrit
IATA
ICAO
AMSL
Coordinates
30°14′45″N 032°29′24″E / 30.24583°N 32.49000°E / 30.24583; 32.49000
  is located in Egypt
Runways
Direction
Egyptian Air Force
Arabic
Egypt
Suez
Cairo
SA-342 Gazelle
pilot station
World War II
Royal Air Force Station
Royal Air Force
Western Desert campaign
Special Air Service
United States Army Air Forces
Ninth Air Force
Suez Canal Zone
1956 Suez Crisis
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
1967 Arab-Israeli War
Israeli Air Force
MiG-17
Dassault Mystère IVs

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