Hamat Air Base ( ar, قاعدة حامات الجوية) is a

Lebanese Air Force The Lebanese Air Force (LAF) ( ar, القوات الجوية اللبنانية, Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnaniyya) is the aerial warfare branch of the Lebanese Armed Forces. The seal of the air force is a Roundel with two wings and a Lebanese C ...

base in

Hamat Hamat is a village in Lebanon. It is located 287 meters atop the historic cape of Theoprosopon. It is home to the historic shrine and monastery of Our Lady of Nourieh. The village is also home to Saint Elias Church, which overlooks the Jawz ...

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. It was built in the mid-1970s. The airport was however never used for civilian purposes. Although its heavily damaged runway (numerous holes as result of airstrikes) has been patched, the airfield is currently used only by the

with

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helicopters and

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light attack aircraft. The airfield is also used by the

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school.

Air base aircraft

The base has the following aircraft: *6 A-29B Super Tucano counter insurgence planes *6 IAR 330 Puma multi-role helicopters *5 MD-530F light attack helicopters (6 delivered:,one crashed on 5 January 2022:)

References

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