Wheelus Air Base was a United States Air Force base located in British-occupied Libya and the Kingdom of Libya from 1943 to 1970. Wheelus Air Base was originally built by the Italian Royal Air Force i
North American F-86F-20-NH Sabre AF Serial No. 51-13168 of the 431st FIS.
North American F-86D-50-NA Sabre AF Serial No. 52-10054 of the 431st FIS.
North American F-100D-65-NA Super Sabre AF Serial No. 56-2967 of the 20th FBW at Wheelus AB.
The Libyan Air Force is the branch of the Libyan Armed Forces responsible for aerial warfare. In 2010, before the Libyan Civil War, the Libyan Air Force personnel strength was estimated at 18,000, wit
Wheelus Air Base
…Ben Nafi Airfield (seemingly after the legendary hero Uqba ibn Nafi) and was used by the Soviet Union, as well as served as the headquarters for the Libyan Air Force. The base was bombed by the US in 1986 during Operation El Dorado Canyon. The airfield was subsequently renamed Mitiga International Airport…
A LAAF Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25.
A US Navy F-4N Phantom II intercepts a Tupolev Tu-22 being delivered to the Libyan Arab Republic, April 1977.
Libyan Air Defence missiles
Libyan People's Air Force Mirage F1ED