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Shindand Air Base
Military airbase in Herat, Afghanistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shindand Air Base (IATA: OAH, ICAO: OASD) is an Afghan air base located in the western part of Afghanistan in the Shindand District of Herat Province, seven miles (11 km) northeast of the city of Shindand.[2] The runway has a concrete surface. An all-weather asphalt road connects it with the Kandahar–Herat Highway, part of Highway 1 (the national ring road). The base is of great strategic importance because it is just 75 miles (121 km) from the border of Iran.[3] It is capable of housing over one hundred military aircraft.
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Shindand Air Base شينډنډ هوايي ډګر | |||||||||||
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![]() Breaking dusk, a C-130 takes off from Shindand Air Base in 2012. | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defense | ||||||||||
Operator | Afghan Armed Forces | ||||||||||
Serves | Northwestern Afghanistan | ||||||||||
Location | Shindand, Herat, Afghanistan | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,780 ft / 1,152 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°23′32″N 062°15′40″E | ||||||||||
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Source: AIP Afghanistan[1] |
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It was one of the largest Afghan Air Force bases.