Eskişehir Air Base
Airport in Eskişehir, Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eskişehir Air Base (Turkish: Eskişehir Hava Üssü) (IATA: ESK, ICAO: LTBI) is a military airport in the city of Eskişehir, Turkey.[2]
Eskişehir Air Base Eskişehir Hava Üssü | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Turkish Air Force | ||||||||||
| Operator | 1st Air Wing, 1st Air Force Command | ||||||||||
| Location | Eskişehir, Turkey | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,581 ft / 787 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°47′02″N 030°34′55″E | ||||||||||
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Eskişehir Air Base is home to the 1st Air Wing (Ana Jet Üs or AJÜ) of the 1st Air Force Command (Hava Kuvvet Komutanlığı) of the Turkish Air Force (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri). Other wings of this command are located in Konya (LTAN), Ankara Akıncı (LTAE), Bandırma (LTBG) and Balıkesir (LTBF).[3] The 1st Air Wing operate 2 squadrons (filo) of F-4E Phantom from this airbase. These are 111 Filo and 112 Filo.113 Filo operating RF-4E has been disbanded.
- On 1 August 1994, Douglas C-47A 6041 of Turkish Air Force was written off after an accident at Eskişehir Air Base.[4]
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