Hama Air Base
Hama Military Airport .svg) مطار حماة العسكري | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner |  Syrian Armed Forces | ||||||||||
| Operator |  Syrian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Hama, Hama Governorate | ||||||||||
| In use | Unknown–present | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,014 ft (309 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°07′05″N 36°42′40″E / 35.118156°N 36.711186°E | ||||||||||
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  Hama Military Airport Location in Syria | |||||||||||
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| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||||||||||
Hama Air Base (Arabic: مطار حماة العسكري) (IATA: OS58) is an airbase located west of Hama, Syria.
Facilities
[edit]The airfield resides at an elevation of 1,014 feet (309 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway, which measures 2,783 by 45.5 metres (9,131 ft × 149 ft).[1]
During Syrian civil war
[edit]The airbase was used extensively by the Syrian Air Force during the Syrian civil war.
On 18 May 2018, a series of massive explosions at the airbase reportedly resulted in the death of 11 people and dozens others injured or missing.[3] According to Syrian military officials, technical failure inside the depots had caused the incident, while other sources allege it had been triggered by an Israeli airstrike or a sabotage operation by the jihadist group Saraya Al-Jihad, who claimed responsibility soon afterwards.[4][unreliable source?]
On 1 March 2020, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkish drones bombed the 47th brigade which was located in the airbase.[5]
On 5 December 2024, HTS-led opposition forces took control of the base after Ba'athist Syrian forces retreated from Hama.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Airport information for OSDZ from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑ "Airport information for OS58". DAFIF. October 2006 – via Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ Salami, Daniel (19 May 2018). "Photos released from Hama airbase after explosions". Ynetnews. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ↑ Aboufadel, Leith (19 May 2018). "Jihadist group bizarrely claims responsibility for explosions at Hama Airport (photos)". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ↑ "طائرات مسيرة تركية تقصف "اللواء "47.. والمضادات الأرضية في مطار حماة العسكري تتصدى". SOHR. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ↑ "Syrian opposition forces enter the key city of Hama, in a new blow to Assad's regime". NPR. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
See also
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