Ismailia Air Base

Ismailia Air Base Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force (القوات الجوية المصرية, El Qūwāt El Gawīyä El Maṣrīyä) helicopter base, located approximately 4 km west-northwest of the city of Ismailia; (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo.

History
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.

Today, the airfield is an active Egyptian Air Force base. The base is housing an SA-342 Gazelle unit and further is this base being used for other military helicopter movements.

Major units assigned

 * Royal Air Force
 * No. 208 Squadron RAF 1920-1922
 * No. 113 Squadron RAF Aug-Sep 1917
 * No. 211 Squadron RAF Jan 1939-Nov 1940
 * No. 40 Wing RAF      1919-Apr 1920
 * No. 33 Squadron RAF 1938 - ?
 * United States Army Air Forces (Ninth Air Force)
 * 12th Bombardment Group October 1942-Undetermined (B-25 Mitchell)
 * 436th Troop Carrier Group, 13 August - 18 October 1942. C-47 Skytrain
 * 434th Bombardment Group, 14 August – 29 September 1942, B-25 Mitchell
 * "Gladiator Ace" (2010), B. Cull, Haynes Publishing, p.20 -21.