Prince Hassan Air Base

Prince Hassan Air Base (H-5)
	Near Amman in Jordan
	Prince Hassan Air Base Shown within Jordan
Coordinates	32°9′39″N 37°8′59″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
Elevation	676 metres (2,218 ft) AMSL
Runways
13/31	3,000 metres (9,843 ft) Asphalt

Prince Hassan Air Base (H5) 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/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

Presently No. 17 Squadron RJAF with Northrop F-5E/F Tiger IIs, are based there.[1] In 1994 the Fighter Weapons Instructor School came to H5.

The United States Air Force has used the base occasionally since the 1980s.

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