Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base
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Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base (ICAO: DTTB) is a Tunisian Air Force base located approximately 7 km west of Menzel Abderahman, and 9 km west-southwest of Bizerte.
Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base | |
|---|---|
| Part of Tunisian Air Force | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military airfield |
| Controlled by | Tunisian Air Force United States Air Force |
| Location | |
 Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base Location of Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base, Tunisia | |
| Coordinates | 37°14′36.30″N 009°47′11.03″E |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1943 |
Units stationed at the base are:
- No. 11 Squadron
- Jet trainer squadron, Aermacchi MB-326
- No. 15 Squadron
- Fighter squadron, Northrop F-5 Tiger/TigerII
- No. 21 Squadron
- Transport squadron, C-130 Hercules, Let L-410 Turbolet, G-222
World War II
During World War II it was 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.
Post-World War II
AFRICOM secretly operates a drone base at Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base.[1][2]
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