King Hussein Air Base

King Hussein Air Base also known as Mafraq Air Base (IATA: OMF, ICAO: OJMF) and King Hussein Air College, is an air base 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) of the city of Mafraq, in the Mafraq Governorate of Jordan.

King Hussein Air Base
Mafraq Air Base

مطار الملك الدولي
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesMafraq, Jordan
Elevation AMSL2,240 ft / 683 m
Coordinates32°21′23″N 036°15′33″E
Map
OMF
Location of the airport in Jordan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Sources: www.aac.jo, WAD,[1] GCM,[2] ASN,[3] STV[4]

History

The site has been used as an aviation hub since the 1920s. New buildings and a concrete runway were built in an expansion that took place in 1951.[5] It became an asset of the Jordanian government on 31 May 1957 and sat unused for a year.[5] It was renamed King Hussein Air Base in June 1959, with No.1 Fighter Squadron (Hunters) and later No.2 Squadron (Vampires) of the Royal Jordanian Air Force moving from Amman.[5]

One of the hangars, some aircraft, and a runway were destroyed in the Six-Day War (1967).[6] Since 1978 it has been named King Hussein Air College.[6] It is home to the Flying School, the Staff School, the Junior Command, and Number 2, 4, 5, and 11 Squadrons.[6]

The King Hussein Air College is a three year long academic program. Three majors are offered: Aviation Science, Navigation, and Air Traffic Control. Upon graduation cadets enter their operational training.

The first class of female cadets will graduate in 2020.

gollark: I thought it was quite obvious that I was joking about having secretly uploaded an infectious undetectable backdoor into the drone.
gollark: I thought you were doing drone delivery or something.
gollark: Isn't this a test drone which you presumably uploaded new code to lots?
gollark: I didn't take anything apart from, for a bit, the drone.
gollark: I can autocraft them anyway. Probably.

References
  1. Airport information for OJMF at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for OJMF at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. Accident history for OMF at Aviation Safety Network
  4. Airport information for King Hussein Air Base at Transport Search website.
  5. "King Hussein Air College – Mafraq". Royal Jordanian Air Force. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. King Hussein Air College – Mafraq



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.