Prince Hassan Air Base

Prince Hassan Air Base is a Royal Jordanian Air Force base, located near the town of Safawi, Mafraq Governorate, Jordan, east-northeast of the country's capital Amman.

History

The airfield was established as a landing strip associated with the Kirkuk–Haifa oil pipeline's H-5 pumping station, being used by Royal Air Force and Iraq Petroleum Company mail aircraft operating between Baghdad, Amman, and Cairo.
In 1969, the airfield was opened as a military base, being named after Prince [Hassan bin Talal], then Crown Prince of Jordan. No. 9 Squadron RJAF was established at the base, operating Lockheed F-104A/B Starfighters.
In 1994, the Fighter Weapons Instructor School was moved to the base.
No. 6 Fighter Reconnaissance Squadron RJAF has been based at the airfield in the past, but has since moved to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base.

Current use

As of 2015, No. 17 Squadron RJAF with Northrop F-5E/F Tiger IIs was stationed at the base.
The United States Air Force has used the base occasionally since the 1980s, with a 2017 report noting that U.S. Air Force C-17s are transiting the airfield regularly.
The French Air and Space Force has been using Prince Hassan Air Base as a base of operation since 2014, deploying six Mirage 2000 fighter jets there, which were replaced in 2017 by four Rafales.