Prince Hassan Air Base
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Prince Hassan Air Base (H-5) | |||||||
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| Near Amman in Jordan | |||||||
  Prince Hassan Air Base Shown within Jordan | |||||||
| Coordinates | 32°9′39″N 37°8′59″E / 32.16083°N 37.14972°E | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Jordanian Armed Forces | ||||||
| Operator | Royal Jordanian Air Force | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1966–69 | ||||||
| In use | 1969–present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: OJPH[1] | ||||||
| Elevation | 676 metres (2,218 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Prince Hassan Air Base (H5) (Arabic: قاعدة الأمير حسن الجوية) is a Royal Jordanian Air Force base, located 72.4 miles east-northeast of Amman, Jordan.
History
H5 used to be a pumping station for the oil pipeline from Iraq to Haifa and had a landing strip which was used by Royal Air Force and Iraq Petroleum Company mail aircraft flying between Baghdad, Amman and Cairo.
The base was opened in 1969 and named after Prince El Hassan. No. 9 Squadron RJAF was established there with Lockheed F-104A/B Starfighters.
No. 6 Fighter Reconnaissance Squadron RJAF has been based there in the past but has since moved to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base.
Current use
Presently No. 17 Squadron RJAF with Northrop F-5E/F Tiger IIs, are based there.[2] In 1994, the Fighter Weapons Instructor School came to H5.
The United States Air Force has used the base occasionally since the 1980s.[citation needed]
The French Air and Space Force has been using Prince Hassan Air Base as a base of operation since 2014, deploying 6 Mirage 2000 fighter jets there, which have been replaced since 2017 by 4 Rafale.[3]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ Aerodrome Booklet Middle East Air Exercise Program Oman. RAF Northholt: No 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit. 2020. p. 84.
- ^ "Hotel Five (H5) (OJHF) - Prince Hassan AB". Scramble. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ Fayet, Eloïse (November 2022). What Strategic Posture Should France Adopt in the Middle East? (PDF). IFRI. p. 28.