El Minya Air Base
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
El Minya Air Base is a Air base of the Egyptian Air Force located west of Minya, Minya Governorate, Egypt.
El Minya Air Base | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arabic: قاعدة المنيا الجوية | |||||||||
| Minya, Minya Governorate in Egypt | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defense (Egypt) | ||||||||
| Operator | Egyptian Air Force | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
  El Minya Air Base Shown within Egypt | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°05′42″N 030°44′08″E | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Elevation | 38 metres (125 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
| |||||||||
The base is home to the Silver Stars demonstration team which is part of 201 Air Wing of the Egyptian Air Academy flying the Karakorum-8E, 57 and 58 Squadrons flying the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet MS1/2 as part of 308 Close Air Support Tactical Wing of 139 Air Division.[1]
History
In the 1950s, a new concrete runway measuring 8200 feet long and 110 feet wide was constructed over the site of the old airfield. A parallel taxiway was also built on the east side with six hardstands.[2]