Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base
Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base is a Tunisian Air Force base located approximately 7 km west of Menzel Abderahman, and 9 km west-southwest of Bizerte.
Units stationed at the base are:
- No. 11 Squadron
- No. 15 Squadron
- No. 21 Squadron
- Transport squadron, C-130 Hercules, Let L-410 Turbolet, G-222
World War II
It was then used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign. It was known as Bizerte Airfield. Several Allied units used the base in 1943. It was a heavy bomber airfield used by B-17 Flying Fortress strategic bombers of the 2d Bombardment Group, between 2 and 9 December 1943. There was a major air depot co-located at Sidi Ahmed.