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Coordinates:30°14′45″N032°29′24″E / 30.24583°N 32.49000°E /30.24583; 32.49000

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Airport in Kabrit, Egypt

Kibrit Air Base

قاعدة كبريت الجوية

RAF Kabrit

IATA:none
ICAO:none

Summary

Airport type

Military

Operator

Egyptian Air Force

Location

Kabrit, Egypt

Elevation AMSL

1,560 ft / 475 m

Coordinates

30°14′45″N032°29′24″E / 30.24583°N 32.49000°E /30.24583; 32.49000

Map

Location of Kibrit Air Base

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
14R/32L	2,684	8,805	Asphalt
14L/32R	2,684	8,805	Asphalt

Kibrit Air Base (formerly Kabrit Air Base^[1]) is an operationalEgyptian Air Force (Arabic:القوات الجوية المصرية,al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyah al-Miṣrīyah) helicopter base located inEgypt, approximately 20 miles north ofSuez and 125 km east ofCairo. AnSA-342 Gazelle unit is based here. The name of the station came from a nearby village, and in Egyptian means "sulphur".Kabrit now is the name of apilot station for Suez canal navigation on the same location.

History

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DuringWorld War II the facility was known asRoyal Air Force Station Kabrit, (Landing Ground 213) and was a majorRoyal Air Force facility which was used during theWestern Desert campaign. In 1941, it was where theSpecial Air Service (SAS) was formed. Beginning in 1943,United States Army Air Forces Ninth Air Force units arrived to supplement the RAF against the Germans in the Western Desert.

Second World War

Unit	From	To	Aircraft	Notes
No. 13 Squadron RAF	19 December 1943	22 March 1944	Martin Baltimore IV & V	^[2]
No. 14 Squadron RAF Detachment	May 1942	June 1942	Bristol Blenheim IV	^[2]
No. 40 Squadron RAF	20 August 1942	8 November 1942	Vickers Wellington IC	^[3]
No. 55 Squadron RAF	4 January 1944	24 March 1944	Martin Baltimore IV & V	^[4]
No. 80 Squadron RAF	9 November 1943	20 January 1944	Supermarine Spitfire IX	^[5]
No. 104 Squadron RAF	14 January 1942 26 June 1942	13 May 1942 7 November 1942	Vickers Wellington II	^[6]
No. 108 Squadron RAF	1 August 1941	12 September 1941	Vickers Wellington IC	Reformed here^[7]
	26 June 1942	19 August 1942	Consolidated Liberator II	^[7]
No. 113 Squadron RAF	22 February 1941	14 March 1941	Bristol Blenheim IV	^[8]
No. 148 Squadron RAF	26 March 1941 26 June 1942	15 May 1942 19 August 1942	Vickers Wellington IC & II	^[9]
No. 162 Squadron RAF	4 January 1942	6 January 1942	Vickers Wellington IC & II	Formed here^[10]
No. 203 Squadron RAF	16 April 1941 30 April 1941	24 April 1941 20 June 1941	Bristol Blenheim IV	^[11]
324th Fighter Group,315th Squadron	July 1943^[12]		Curtiss P-40F or K Warhawk
57th Bombardment Wing HQs	July 1943^[12]		North American B-25C or D Mitchell Douglas A-20 Havoc

Post war

Unit	From	To	Next base	Aircraft	Notes
No. 13 Squadron RAF	14 December 1946	5 February 1947	RAF Fayid	de Havilland Mosquito PR.34	^[2]
	28 February 1951	1 January 1955	RAF Abu Sueir	Supermarine Spitfire PR.11 thenGloster Meteor PR.10	^[2]
No. 32 Squadron RAF	15 September 1954	14 January 1955	RAF Shaibah	de Havilland Venom FB.1	^[13]
No. 37 Squadron RAF	26 August 1946	16 September 1946	RAF Shallufa	Avro Lancaster B.7	^[14]
No. 39 Squadron RAF	26 February 1951	10 January 1955	RAF Luqa	de Havilland Mosquito NF.36 thenGloster Meteor NF.13	^[3]
No. 70 Squadron RAF	21 August 1946	17 September 1946	RAF Shallufa	Avro Lancaster B.1(FE)	^[15]
No. 73 Squadron RAF	1 February 1952 5 March 1952	29 February 1952 6 June 1952	RAF Ta Kali	de Havilland Vampire FB.9	^[16]
No. 78 Squadron RAF	19 September 1946 13 April 1950	2 March 1950 21 February 1951	RAF Mogadishu RAF Fayid	Douglas Dakota Vickers Valetta C.1	^[17]
No. 114 (Hong Kong) Squadron RAF	1 August 1947	21 February 1951	RAF Fayid	Douglas Dakota thenVickers Valetta C.1	Reformed here^[18]
No. 204 Squadron RAF	1 August 1947	22 February 1951	RAF Fayid	Douglas Dakota thenVickers Valetta C.1	Reformed here^[11]
No. 208 Squadron RAF	19 February 1951	16 September 1951	RAF Nicosia	Supermarine Spitfire FR.18 thenGloster Meteor FR.9	^[19]
No. 215 Squadron RAF	1 August 1947 23 November 1947	31 October 1947 1 May 1948	RAF Aqir N/A	Douglas Dakota	Reformed here Disbanded^[20]
No. 216 Squadron RAF	14 February 1947	26 February 1951	RAF Fayid	Douglas Dakota thenVickers Valetta C.1	^[20]
No. 219 (Mysore) Squadron RAF	1 March 1951	1 September 1954	N/A	de Havilland Mosquito NF.36 thenGloster Meteor NF.13	Reformed here Disbanded here^[20]
No. 683 Squadron RAF	26 February 1951	23 April 1951	RAF Eastleigh	Vickers Valetta C.1	^[21]

After the war, Kabrit remained a RAF station, hosting transport squadrons, five circa 1946. This continued until the breakdown in relations between the British and Egyptian governments in 1956, when the decision was taken to pull out British forces from theSuez Canal Zone.

The airfield was taken over by the Egyptian Air Force and renamed "Kibrit", becoming one of its main airfields. During the1956 Suez Crisis, it was an airfield for 20 Squadron EAF, equipped with twelve Soviet-builtMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft. During the1967 Arab-Israeli War, the station was attacked by theIsraeli Air Force, and many of its Soviet-builtMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 aircraft were destroyed on the ramp by the IAF'sDassault Mystère IVs. In the1973 Yom Kippur War with Israel, the airfield was captured by Israeli ground forces that crossed theSuez Canal along with Kasfreet and Shalufa Airfields, however it was not used by the Israeli Air Force.

Kibrit remains an Egyptian Air Force base. Currently, the airfield houses an SA-342 Gazelle unit. Its main runways are having their asphalt removed, but the hangars are still being used for housing the helicopters.

References

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^Michael Ashcroft (6 November 2014).Special Ops Heroes. Hachette.ISBN 9781472223975.
^^a ^b ^c ^dJefford 2001, p. 31.
^^a ^bJefford 2001, p. 41.
^Jefford 2001, p. 46.
^Jefford 2001, p. 52.
^Jefford 2001, p. 57.
^^a ^bJefford 2001, p. 58.
^Jefford 2001, p. 59.
^Jefford 2001, p. 64.
^Jefford 2001, p. 66.
^^a ^bJefford 2001, p. 71.
^^a ^bSecret Document 161, Location of units in the Royal Air Force, 34th issue, July 1943, Royal Air Force Museum accession number PR02859.
^Jefford 2001, p. 39.
^Jefford 2001, p. 40.
^Jefford 2001, p. 49.
^Jefford 2001, p. 50.
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^Jefford 2001, p. 60.
^Jefford 2001, p. 72.
^^a ^b ^cJefford 2001, p. 74.
^Jefford 2001, p. 105.

Jefford, C. G. (2001).RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 (2nd ed.).Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing.ISBN 1-84037-141-2.

This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Maurer, Maurer.Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983.ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969].Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-405-12194-6.LCCN 70605402.OCLC 72556. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on December 20, 2016.
Royal Air Force Airfield Creation for the Western Desert Campaign

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Libya	Baheira Belandah Benina Castel Benito Berca Darragh El Adem El Assa Gambut Hamraiet Lete Martuba Tmed El Chel Tobruk Tripoli Sidi Azeiz
Tunisia	Ben Gardane Bou Grara Chekira Hani Hazbub Hergla El Djem El Haouaria Kairouan Medenine Menzel Heurr Sfax Soltane
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Europe	Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) in France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany too numerous.

Units

Commands

Wings

Bombardment	97th Bombardment 98th Bombardment 99th Bombardment
Fighter	8th Fighter 9th Fighter 70th Fighter 71st Fighter 84th Fighter 100th Fighter 303d Fighter
Troop carrier	50th Troop Carrier 52d Troop Carrier 53d Troop Carrier

Groups

Bombardment	12th Bombardment 98th Bombardment 322d Bombardment 323d Bombardment Group 340th Bombardment Group 344th Bombardment Group 376th Bombardment 386th Bombardment 387th Bombardment 391st Bombardment 394th Bombardment 397th Bombardment 409th Bombardment 410th Bombardment 416th Bombardment
Fighter	36th Fighter 48th Fighter 50th Fighter 57th Fighter 79th Fighter 324th Fighter 354th Fighter 358th Fighter 365th Fighter 362d Fighter 363d Fighter 366th Fighter 367th Fighter 368th Fighter 370th Fighter 371st Fighter 373d Fighter 404th Fighter 405th Fighter 406th Fighter 474th Fighter
Troop carrier	61st Troop Carrier 64th Troop Carrier 313th Troop Carrier 314th Troop Carrier 315th Troop Carrier 316th Troop Carrier 349th Troop Carrier 434th Troop Carrier 435th Troop Carrier 436th Troop Carrier 437th Troop Carrier 438th Troop Carrier 439th Troop Carrier 440th Troop Carrier 441st Troop Carrier 442d Troop Carrier IX Troop Carrier Pathfinder (Provisional)
Reconnaissance	10th Reconnaissance 67th Reconnaissance 69th Reconnaissance

Squadrons

Liaison	14th Liaison 47th Liaison
Night fighter	422d Night Fighter 425th Night Fighter

United States Army Air Forces

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