Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport is an airport in the
Jabal al Gharbi District
Jabal al Gharbi or The Western Mountain ( ar, الجبل الغربي ''Al Ǧabal al Gharbi'', en, The Western Mountains) is one of the districts of Libya. It is named after the Nafusa Mountains. It was formed in 2007 from the former districts ...
of
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
, located approximately south-southwest of
Tripoli in the Libyan desert. Its primary use is the transportation of oilfield workers from production facilities in the area.
World War II
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
the airfield, then known as Tmed El Chel Airfield was used as a military airfield by the
United States Army Air Force
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...
during the
North African Campaign against Axis forces.
USAAF
Ninth Air Force
The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint De ...
units which used the airfield were:
* 81st Bombardment Squadron, (
12th Bombardment Group 012 may refer to:
* Tyrrell 012, a Formula One racing car
* The dialing code for Pretoria
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassi ...
), 11 January-3 February 1943,
B-25 Mitchell
* 82d Bombardment Squadron, (
12th Bombardment Group 012 may refer to:
* Tyrrell 012, a Formula One racing car
* The dialing code for Pretoria
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassi ...
), 10 January-4 February 1943,
B-25 Mitchell[
* Maurer, Maurer. ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II''. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .
* Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
]
See also
*
Transport in Libya
Railways
Libya has had no railway in operation since 1965, all previous narrow gauge lines having been dismantled. Plans for a new network have been under development for some time (earthworks were begun between Sirte and Ras Ajdir, Tunisia bord ...
*
List of airports in Libya
List of airports in Libya sorted by location.
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Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
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, Bani Walid
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References
External links
OpenStreetMap- Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport
OurAirports - Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Libya
World War II airfields in Libya
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