Prince Sultan Air Base قاعدة الأمير سلطان الجوية Al Kharj Air Base |
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Royal Saudi Air Force | ||||||||||||||
Location | Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,651 ft / 503 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 24°03′19″N 047°33′49″E / 24.05528°N 47.56361°ECoordinates: 24°03′19″N 047°33′49″E / 24.05528°N 47.56361°E | ||||||||||||||
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Prince Sultan Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة الأمير سلطان الجوية) (IATA: AKH, ICAO: OEPS) (PSAB) is a military air base located in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
There was formerly a large United States presence there during Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. The U.S. presence was predominantly that of multiple United States Air Force (USAF) flying units, augmented by a United States Navy (USN) or United States Marine Corps (USMC) Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler squadron, a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter squadron with Panavia Tornado F.3s and a French Air Force fighter squadron with Dassault Mirage 2000s, Mirage F1 CR plus a Boeing C-135RF Stratotanker air refueling aircraft. Following the attack on USAF facilities at Khobar Towers in Dharan in 1996, all USAF activities at that location were relocated to PSAB.