- Source: Wujah Al Hajar Air Base
Hamat Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة حامات الجوية) is a Lebanese Air Force base in Hamat, Lebanon. It was built in the mid-1970s. The airport was however never used for civilian purposes. Although its heavily damaged runway (numerous holes as result of airstrikes) has been patched, the airfield is currently used only by the Lebanese Air Force with MD-530F Defenders helicopters and Super Tucano light attack aircraft. The airfield is also used by the Special Forces school.
Air base aircraft
The base has the following aircraft:
6 A-29B Super Tucano counter insurgence planes
5 MD-530F light attack helicopters (6 delivered:,one crashed on 5 January 2022:)
References
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- Wujah Al Hajar Air Base
- Lebanese Air Force
- Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma
- Rene Mouawad Air Base
- List of airports in Lebanon
- Beirut Air Base
- Rayak Air Base
- Lebanese Armed Forces
- List of former equipment of the Lebanese Armed Forces
- Lebanese Navy