Wujah Al Hajar Air Base
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Hamat Air Base Pierre Gemayel International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hamat | ||||||||||
| Location | Wujah Al Hajar, Lebanon | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 840 ft / 256 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°17′0″N 35°42′0″E / 34.28333°N 35.70000°E | ||||||||||
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Hamat Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة حامات الجوية) is a Lebanese Air Force base in [[Wujh Al Hajar<official Lebanese topographic maps>]], Lebanon. Built in the mid-1970s and named Pierre Gemayel International Airport by the Kataeb Regulatory Forces to honor the late Pierre Gemayel. The airport was never used as a civilian airport. and its heavily damaged runway (north end with numerous holes as result of airstrikes) have been patched, the airfield is currently used by the Lebanese Air Force and operates with Puma helicopters. The airfield is also used by the Special Forces school.
Air base aircraft
The base have been carrying, six 'Super Tucano' planes and seven armed helicopters type 'Cougar'. [1]
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