Dukhan / Tamim Airbase | |||||||||
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| Dukhan, Al-Shahaniya in Qatar | |||||||||
  Dukhan / Tamim Airbase Shown within Qatar | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°28′02″N 51°00′05″E / 25.46722°N 51.00139°E | ||||||||
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| Owner | Qatar Armed Forces | ||||||||
| Operator | Qatar Emiri Air Force | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 2018 | ||||||||
| In use | 2019 - present | ||||||||
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Dukhan / Tamim Airbase is a new air base built for the Qatar Emiri Air Force in 2018 near Dukhan.[1] The facility's name is in honour of the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. It is the country's third and newest air base. The facility is not Dukhan Airport, a civilian airport built in 1930 and made obsolete in 1959 when Doha International Airport was opened.
The airbase received five of the air force's order of 36 Dassault Rafale jet fighters in June 2019,[2] though the base was not completely operational at the time.[3]
References
- ↑ "Qatar to establish Tamim Air Base". 27 August 2018.
- ↑ "Qatar takes delivery of first Five Dassault Rafale fighter jets from France". 10 June 2019.
- ↑ Jennings, Gareth (12 June 2019). "First batch of Rafales arrive in Qatar". Jane's Defence Weekly. Vol. 56, no. 24. Coulsdon: Jane's. p. 18. ISSN 2399-8334.
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