Back قاعدة العديد الجوية Arabic قاعده العديد الجويه ARZ Al Udeid CEB Al Udeid Air Base German Στρατιωτική βάση Αλ Ουντεΐντ Greek پایگاه هوایی العدید Persian Al Udeidin lentotukikohta Finnish Base militaire d'Al-Udeid French בסיס חיל האוויר אל-עודייד HE Lapangan Terbang Al-Udaid Malay
Al-Udeid Air Base | |||||||||
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قاعدة العديد الجوية | |||||||||
| Near Doha, Al Rayyan in Qatar | |||||||||
 A Qatar Emiri Air Force AW139 and a US Air Force B-1B Lancer on the flight-line at Al Udeid Air Base during 2016. | |||||||||
 Emblem of the Qatar Emiri Air Force | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Qatar Emiri Air Force base | ||||||||
| Owner | Qatar Armed Forces | ||||||||
| Operator | Qatar Emiri Air Force United States Air Force Royal Air Force | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
  Al-Udeid AB Location in Qatar | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°07′07″N 051°19′07″E / 25.11861°N 51.31861°E | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1996 | ||||||||
| In use | 1996 – present | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Garrison |
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| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: XJD, ICAO: OTBH | ||||||||
| Elevation | 40 metres (131 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Source: World Aero Data[1][2] and Google Maps[3] | |||||||||
Al Udeid Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة العديد الجوية) is one of two military bases southwest of Doha, Qatar, also known as Abu Nakhlah Airport (مطار أبو نخلة).
It houses the Qatar Emiri Air Force, United States Air Force, Royal Air Force, and other foreign forces. It is host to a forward headquarters of United States Central Command, headquarters of the United States Air Forces Central Command, No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group RAF, and the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing of the USAF.
According to media reports in June 2017, the base hosted over 11,000 U.S. and U.S.-led anti-ISIL coalition forces and over 100 operational aircraft.[4]
It is the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East.[5]
- ^ Airport information for OTBH[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Airport information for IUD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ "Google Maps – Al Udeid Air Base". Google Maps. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "US questions real motives behind Gulf blockade on Qatar". Al Jazeera.
- ^ "U.S. Bases in the Middle East".
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