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King Khalid Military City (KKMC) (Arabic: مدينة الملك خالد العسكرية; transliterated: Medinat Al-Malek Khaled Al-Askariyah) is a cantonment in northeastern Saudi Arabia, approximately 60 km (37 mi.) south of Hafar al-Batin city.
King Khaled Military City Airport (Arabic: مطار مدينة الملك خالد العسكرية, IATA: KMC, ICAO: OEKK) is an airport in King Khalid Military City, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It is located 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Hafar al-Batin. There are a limited number of civilian flights from the airport.
OEJF – King Abdulaziz Naval Base – Jubail; OEJL – King Faisal Naval Base – Jeddah; OEJN (JED) – King Abdulaziz International Airport – Jeddah; OEKK (KMC) – King Khaled Military City Airport – King Khalid Military City; OEKM (KMX) – King Khalid Air Base – Khamis Mushait; OEKN – Khurais Airport – Khurais (owned by Aramco)
The pilot, Captain Rich Biley, brought the aircraft in at King Khalid Military City, Forward Operating Location 1 where it was stripped of parts, some sent to King Fahd International Airport, Main Operating Base for use on other aircraft, and then buried in the desert. Biley was unhurt during the crash-landing.
The airbase, with code KMX, has a 12,400 ft (3,780 m) paved runway without customs facilities. The base was designed and built by the Dutch company Ballast Nedam for BAE in the 1960s, with additional construction through the 1970s and 1980s, and has McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle service facilities.
King Khalid Air Base; Medical. King Abdulaziz Medical City; Riyadh Military Hospital; Navy. King Abdulaziz Naval Base; King Faisal Naval Base; Strategic.
In 1996 Saudi Arabia had military cities in the northeast, the King Khalid Military City, at Tabuk, at Dharhran, and at Abha in the southwest. There was a 1996 report that construction of a military city at Jizan, orientated toward Yemen, had begun with Defense Minister Prince Sultan pouring the first concrete on 8 May 1996. [33]
King Abdulaziz Military City Established in the Northern Borders Province, it was inaugurated by King Faisal in 1393 AH; 1973 3 King Khalid Military City: Established near the city of Hafar al-Batin in the Northern Borders Province, its foundation stone was laid by King Khalid in 1396 AH; 1976 4 King Fahd Military City