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Royal Bahraini Air Force The Royal Bahraini Air Force ( ar, سلاح الجو الملكي البحريني, abbreviated as RBAF, formerly known as Bahrain Amiri Air Force) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF). Originally formed as the BDF Ai ...

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Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

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. Isa Air Base, formerly known as Shaikh Isa Air Base , is located on the island nation of

. Isa Air Base is located on the shore of the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...

in southern Bahrain. It hosts the

(RBAF) Fighter Wing and the two squadrons that comprise it.

History

During the first

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, some of the

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forces, having trouble with the Arab pronunciation, knew the base under the name "

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Current use

Marine Aircraft Group 11 at Shaikh Isa airfield 1991

Bahrain

The base is home to the RBAF's 1st Fighter Wing: * 1st Fighter Squadron – Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon C/D Block 40 * 2nd Fighter Squadron – F-16C/D Block 40 * 6th Fighter Squadron – Northrop F-5E/F * 5th Squadron –

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* 4th Squadron –

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United States

In March 2009, the United States Air Force established a camp on Isa Air Base to support aerial port operations. The unit was designated a detachment of the

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Al Udeid Air Base Al Udeid Air Base ( ar, قاعدة العديد الجوية) is one of two military bases southwest of Doha, Qatar, also known as Abu Nakhlah Airport (). It houses the Qatar Emiri Air Force, United States Air Force, Royal Air Force, and othe ...

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. This detachment's purpose was to accelerate the delivery of

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all-terrain vehicles to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. As part of its operations against ISIL, the United States has deployed various aircraft there. As of August 27, 2020, KBR is in charge of base operations support services at Isa Air Base.

References

External links

Shaikh Isa Air Base / Sheik Isa Airbase, Bahrain - Global Security.org
{{authority control Military installations of Bahrain Airports in Bahrain