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{{Infobox Airport |
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| name = Al-Udeid Air Base |
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| image = Al_Udeid_Air_Base.jpg |
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| IATA = XJD |
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| ICAO = OTBH |
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| type = Military |
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| owner = [[Qatar Emiri Air Force]] |
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| operator = United States Air Force / Royal Air Force / {{nowrap|Royal Australian Air Force /}} Qatari Air Force |
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| city-served = OEF, OIF, HOA |
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| location = [[Doha]], [[Qatar]] |
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| elevation-f = 130 |
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| elevation-m = 40 |
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| coordinates = {{Coord|25|07|02|N|051|18|53|E|region:QA_type:airport}} |
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| website = |
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| metric-rwy = |
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| r1-number = 16/34 |
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| r1-length-f = 12,303 |
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| r1-length-m = 3,750 |
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| r1-surface = Asphalt |
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| footnotes = Source: [[DAFIF]]<ref>[http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=OTBH Airport information for OTBH] from [[DAFIF]] (effective October 2006)</ref><ref>{{GCM|IUD|source=DAFIF}}</ref> |
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'''Al Udeid Air Base''' is a military base west of [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]. It houses foreign [[Coalition of the Gulf War|coalition]] personnel and assets. It is host to a forward headquarters of [[United States Central Command]], headquarters of [[Ninth Air Force|United States Air Forces Central Command]], and home to both [[No. 83 Group RAF|No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group RAF]] and the [[379th Air Expeditionary Wing]] of the [[USAF]]. In 1999, Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad, reportedly told US officials that he would like to see as many as 10,000 US servicemen permanently stationed at Al Udeid. |
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In 2003, fourteen [[RAAF]] [[F/A-18 Hornet]] fighters from 75SQN were based here, along with two [[P-3 Orion]] maritime patrol aircraft and three [[C-130 Hercules]] transport aircraft. At first the Hornets flew long missions of five or six hours, escorting and protecting coalition early warning AWACS aircraft and tanker aircraft used for air-to-air refuelling. Later, at the height of the war, the Hornets were used to attack Iraqi ground forces with laser-guided bombs. The Orions typically flew long 12-hour missions, especially at night, over the Persian Gulf. The versatile Hercules flew supplies and equipment into Iraq, and later flew some of the first humanitarian aid into Baghdad. |
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The fourteen RAAF Hornets flew over 670 sorties during the war, including 350 combat sorties over Iraq. |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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{{Commons category|Al Udeid Air Base}} |
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* {{cite web| url = http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/coalition/deployment/air.force/al.udeid.html | title = CNN Special Report: Al Udeid Air Base | publisher = CNN}} |
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* {{cite web| url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/udeid.htm | title = Usage of Al Udeid Air Base | publisher = GlobalSecurity.org}} |
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* {{cite web| url = http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/iraq/raaf.asp | title = RAAF over Iraq | publisher = Australian War Memorial}} |
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[[Category:Military facilities of the United States in Qatar]] |
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[[Category:Airports in Qatar]] |
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[[ar:قاعدة العيديد الجوية]] |
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[[pl:Port lotniczy Al Udeid]] |
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[[zh:乌代德空军基地]] |
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Revision as of 12:52, 6 August 2011
This is an undisclosed location in South West Asia.