El Minya Air Base | |||||||||
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| Arabic: قاعدة المنيا الجوية | |||||||||
| Minya, Minya Governorate in Egypt | |||||||||
  El Minya Air BaseShown within Egypt | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°05′42″N 030°44′08″E / 28.09500°N 30.73556°E / 28.09500; 30.73556 | ||||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defense (Egypt) | ||||||||
| Operator | Egyptian Air Force | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Elevation | 38 metres (125 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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El Minya Air Base is a Air base of the Egyptian Air Force located west of Minya, Minya Governorate, Egypt.
The base is home to the Silver Stars demonstration team which is part of 201 Air Wing of the Egyptian Air Academy flying the Karakorum-8E, 57 and 58 Squadrons flying the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet MS1/2 as part of 308 Close Air Support Tactical Wing of 139 Air Division.
References
- "Egypt - Air Force - El Minya". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 15 November 2024.