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Hold cursor over location to display name; click to go to location row in the "table of cities and towns" (if available). Under the control of the Tobruk-based Government, Libyan National Army, and Allies; Under the control of the Government of National Accord and affiliated militias (Libya Shield Force, Petroleum Facilities Guard [PFG])
Wheelus Air Base was a United States Air Force base located in British-occupied Libya and the Kingdom of Libya from 1943 to 1970. At one time it was the largest US military facility outside the US. It had an area of 52 km 2 (20 sq mi) on the coast of Tripoli. The base had a beach club, the largest military hospital outside the US, a multiplex ...
The Libyan National Army (LNA; Arabic: الجيش الوطني الليبي, al-jaysh al-waṭaniyy al-Lībii) or the Libyan Arab Army (LAA; Arabic: الجيش العربي الليبي, al-Jaysh al-'Arabiyy al-Lībii) [3] is a component of Libya's military forces which were nominally a unified national force under the command of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar when he was nominated to the role ...
It is one of the 13 military airbases in Libya. [ 5 ] During the final phase of the Chadian-Libyan conflict , Maaten al-Sarra was the main air base in Southern Libya, [ 6 ] having three modern runways and parking space for over 100 combat aircraft .
2011 Libya Protests Cities.png; Map of traditionnal provinces of Libye fr.svg ... Maaten al-Sarra Air Base; Marada, Libya; Marsa Brega Airport; ... Location map Libya ...
It is the home base of 1124th Bomber Squadron and 1st Fighter-Bomber Squadron which operate the Su-22 aircraft. [8] The base also operates the Aero L-39 Albatros for counterinsurgency missions. During the first Gulf of Sidra Incident , two Libyan Su-22s took off from this airbase and attacked two U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats .
Map of Libya Tripoli, capital of Libya Sabratha Misurata Derna Tobruk Sirte Ghadames Tajura Ubari. This is a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya.Some places in the list could be considered suburbs or neighborhoods of some large cities in the list, so this list is not definitive.
Al Jufra Airbase (ICAO: HL69) is a Libyan Air Force base in Waddan, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northeast of Hun, a desert city in the Jufra District of Libya. It was originally used by the Libyan Arab Air Force during the Gaddafi-era from 1969 to 2011. The runway length does not include 198 metres (650 ft) paved overruns on each end.