Al Ismailiyah Air Base

Al Ismailiyah Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force (القوات الجوية المصرية, Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä al-Miṣrīyä) base, located approximately 4 km west-northwest of Ismailia; (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo.

World War II
During World War II the airfield, then known as RAF Ismailia or Ismailia Airfield was used as a military airfield by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces. Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened about 1916.

USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:


 * 436th Troop Carrier Group, 13 August-18 October 1942. C-47 Skytrain
 * 434th Bombardment Group, 14 August-29 September 1942, B-25 Mitchell

Today, the airfield is an active Egyptian Air Force Base. It's World War II configuration is still evident in aerial photography.