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Sabha Air Base

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Airport type
  
Military

Location
  
Sabha, Libya

Elevation AMSL
  
1,414 ft / 431 m

Owner
  
Libyan National Army

Operator
  
Libyan Air Force

Occupants
  
1 Sqn 1025 Sqn

13/31
  
11,758

Sabha Air Base

Sabha Air Base is a Libyan Air Force base southeast of Sabha, Libya.

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History

It used to support the Tupolev Tu-22 bomber, these have been non-operational since at least 1992.

Military

The base is home to the 1st and 1025th Squadrons of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 fighter aircraft.

It was bombed by coalition aircraft during the 2011 Libyan civil war.

Expansion

Google Earth shows the construction of 36 aircraft pens in the South East corner.

MiG-25 fighter jets on the large rectangular tarmac in the south-west quadrant of the base here

Civilian

Libyan Airlines currently serve the airport.

References

Sabha Air Base Wikipedia