Ismailia Air Base
Ismailia Air Base is an air base of the Egyptian Air Force located approximately west-northwest of the city of Ismailia; northeast of Cairo, Egypt.
History
Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened by the British about 1915 as Moascar.On 5–7 November 1938, RAF Vickers Wellesley aircraft set a non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia to Darwin, Australia, a distance of 7,162 miles.
During World War II, the airfield, then known as RAF Ismailia, continued to be used as a military airfield by the British Royal Air Force and also the United States Army Air Forces during the North African campaign against Axis forces.
History
; Royal Air Force; United States Army Air Forces
- 12th Bombardment Group October 1942-Undetermined
- 436th Troop Carrier Group, 13 August – 18 October 1942. Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- 434th Bombardment Group, 14 August – 29 September 1942, B-25 Mitchell
Current use