Prince Hassan Air Base

Prince Hassan Air Base (H-5)
Near Amman in Jordan
Prince Hassan Air Base Shown within Jordan
Coordinates	32°09′39″N 037°08′59″E / 32.16083°N 37.14972°E / 32.16083; 37.14972Coordinates: 32°09′39″N 037°08′59″E / 32.16083°N 37.14972°E / 32.16083; 37.14972
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Jordanian Armed Forces
Operator	Royal Jordanian Air Force
Site history
Built	1966 (1966)-69
In use	1969-present
Airfield information
Elevation	676 metres (2,218 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 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 HRH 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

Current use

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.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.