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Ace Combat: Assault Horizon

The game takes place over a number of locations, including: Miami, East Africa, Dubai and the Middle East, Russia (Derbent, the Black Sea, Caucasus, and Moscow specifically), and Washington, D.C. Fictional towns and cities were also used, including Mogadiyu, Carruth, and Belyi Base (believed to be based on Belaya).

Genesis I

Genesis I was launched on 12 July 2006 at 14:53:30 UTC aboard an ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket, launched from Dombarovskiy missile base near Yasniy, Russia.

Kant, Kyrgyzstan

The Kant Air Base near the city is now host to the Russian Air Force's 5th Air Army's 999th Air Base positioned in Kyrgyzstan in response to the United States presence at Manas Air Base.

Vavuniya

This is due to the Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni being based in Vavuniya in close proximity to the Sri Lanka Air Force air base SLAF Vavuniya.


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100th Fighter Squadron

The Alabama ANG contingent, which included nearly twenty fighter pilots and eight F-16s, exercised with approximately 200 Romanian soldiers, technical staff, and pilots flying six Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 "Fishbed" fighters at 71st Air Base, located near the town of Câmpia Turzii in the northwestern part of Romania.

1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown

Five minutes later, these targets were detected by the radar site of Ak-Tepe Air Base, and deputy commander of the 152 IAP, Lt.Col.

510th

510th Fighter Squadron (510 FS) is part of the 31st Operations Group at Aviano Air Base, Italy

7th Special Operations Squadron

Through aggressive Office of Defense coordination at the US Embassy in Raba, the cooperation of Royal Moroccan Air Force officials at the Air Staff and Kenitra Air Base, and the persistence of 7th SOS planners, we were once again flying Combat Talons through the Atlas mountains.

98th Air Brigade

It is created from the former 161st air base (military part of Niš Airport), 265th air base (Kraljevo-Lađevci Airport) and their ground support units, 98th fighter aviation regiment, 119th Helicopter Regiment, part of 677th transport aviation squadron and one part of 353rd reconnaissance squadron.

Ambala Air Force Station

Ambala Air Force Station is an air base east of the urban Ambala area.

Anadolu Kartalları

The film, commissioned for the centenary of the Turkish Air Force, was filmed in collaboration with the Turkish Air Force in the air base in Konya.

Anshan Teng'ao Airport

In Tom Clancy's novel The Bear and the Dragon, Anshan Air Base is heavily damaged by USAF F-117 stealth fighters to neutralize it in preparation for a raid on a nearby ICBM launch site.

The airport also serves as the Anshan Air Base, a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLA-AF) installation in the PLA's Shenyang Military Region.

Batajnica Air Base

Proponents argue that the air base is more ideally located than the neighboring Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, just a few kilometers away, because of its close proximity to the E75 highway and direct rail link to the city, as well as its more favorable weather conditions.

Battle of Bab El Oued

The French used M8 Greyhound armoured cars to control the exits to the town whilst suspicious buildings were surveilled from the air by T-6 and T-28 aircraft departing from Boufarik Air Base.

Charbatia Air Base

In 2011, the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik announced that the air base will be converted into a full-fledged Indian Air Force station with six C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft.

Chitose Air Base

In the anime OAV 801 T.T.S. Airbats, the series takes place on the Chitose Air Base.

Colmar – Meyenheim Air Base

The air base hosts a meteorological station maintained by Météo-France; the station is the sixth driest in France (after MarignaneMarseille Provence Airport, Perpignan, Clermont-Ferrand, Chartres and Évreux) of the French meterorological service network.

Dollyar Air Base

Dollyar Air Base is a military airbase in Dollyar (also known as Dəllər or Dəlilər), a municipality of the Shamkir district (rayon) in Azerbaijan.

Dresba

It was intended to be a strategic bomber air base along the shore of the Arctic Ocean, giving it access to northern resupply ship routes, and was presumably for either forward deployment or weather diversion for the Soviet Union's Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-22 bomber force.

F-16 Demo Team

The current team comprises personnel from 340 and 343 Squadrons, both of which are based at Souda Air Base.

Frederick William Borden

CFB Borden was named in his honour when the air base was founded in 1916.

Helicopter Wing 64

Holzdorf Air Base was utilised as hub for all aerial rescue and support operations at the rivers Elbe, Saale, Mulde, Black Elster and White Elster as well as near Bitterfeld and in Fischbeck.

Hindon Air Force Station

However in 2003, with growing terrorist threats, its importance as a strategic air base to provide air cover to the capital was realised, as Hindon-based fighters could reach the skies over New Delhi within five minutes as compared to the 15-plus minutes it would take from other closest bases, namely Sirsa, Ambala Air Force Base and Chandigarh Air Force Station, and thus Hindon was reactivated and area around it was cleaned up.

Holzdorf Air Base

It is also known as Schönewalde/Holzdorf Air Base, as most of the base is situated east of the Saxony-Anhalt/Brandenburg border, in the city of Schönewalde.

Istres

This air base was one of 3 utilized by NASA as a contingency landing site for the Space Shuttle in the case of a Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL).

Laikipia Air Base

In June 1974, the KAF's fleet of BAC Strikemaster aircraft were transferred from RAF Eastleigh (later named KAF Eastleigh) to Nanyuki Air Base.

Lithuanian Air Force

Air Base and Air Force Armament and Equipment Repair Depot are located in Šiauliai.

Manas International Airport

The American forces christened the site "Ganci Air Base", after New York Fire Department chief Peter J. Ganci, Jr., who was killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Marine Wing Support Squadron 271

On 24 February 1991, MWSS 271 displaced its elements in support of offensive ground combat operations into Kuwait in the midst of heavy combat to establish a Forward Operating Base at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base and, eventually, Kuwait International Airport, becoming the only MWSS to take part in offensive combat operations in Kuwait during Desert Storm.

Miho-Yonago Airport

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force has operated a number of transport aircraft from Miho Air Base including Curtiss C-46 Commando (1958), NAMC YS-11s (1969), Kawasaki C-1s (1979) and T-400s (1994).

Military of Uruguay

The Air Force Academy (Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica) is located at General Artigas Air Base in Pando, Canelones; the Air Force Technical Academy (Escuela Técnica de Aeronáutica) in Toledo Sur, Canelones; and the Air Force Command Academy (Escuela de Comando y Estado Mayor Aéreo) at Captain Boiso Lanza Air Base in Montevideo.

Mitiga International Airport

After the USAF left, Wheelus became a Libyan People's Air Force installation and was renamed Okba Ben Nafi Air Base.

Nakajima Ki-27

In 1945, Indonesian People's Security Force (IPSF) (Indonesian pro-independence guerrillas) captured a small number of aircraft at numerous Japanese air bases, including Bugis Air Base in Malang (repatriated 18 September 1945).

Orly Air Base

Rebuilt after the war as a joint civilian airport/NATO facility, the primary use of Orly Air Base was to meet the needs of personnel supporting Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) at Rocquencourt, with secondary functions as a personnel processing center for inbound and outbound personnel assigned to France and as a limited operational transport base.

Rheine-Bentlage Air Base

Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (German: Heeresflugplatz Rheine-Bentlage, IATA: ZPQ, ICAO: ETHE) is located near the village of Bentlage, 2 km northwest of the city of Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Roth Air Base

The first aircraft to be stationed at Roth Air Base were Alouette II and Do 27 and in 1963 Army Aviation Battalion 4 was founded at Roth.

Scribner State Airport

By 1951, word came that the then surplus Scribner Air Base was being considered as the site of a proposed United States Air Force Academy.

Solo Display Team

The team was established in September 1979 with the first demonstration of an RNLAF F-16 during an air show at Twente Air Base (now Enschede Airport Twente).

Taejon Airfield

Taejon Airfield also known as K-5 Air Base was a former United States Air Force (USAF) and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) air base northwest of the city of Taejon, South Korea.

The Alligators

The millennium ended with The Alligators returning to Greenland for a new year's evening concert and celebration at Kangerlussuaq, the former American air base.

United States Air Force in France

The last USAFE activities were the 1630th Air Base Squadron at Orly Airport and the Paris Administration Office.

United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2008

Recent examples include $248,000 for the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, $11 million for Ellsworth Air Base, $400,000 for Rosebud Sioux Reservation, and $37 million for Mni Wiconi Rural Water System.

Vitry-Brienne Air Base

Vitry-Brienne Air Base is an abandoned military airfield in France, located approximately 17 miles northwest of Bar-sur-Aube (Departement de l'Aube,Champagne-Ardenne); 85 miles east-southeast of Paris.

Walter T. Galligan

During the Berlin airlift, 1948–1949, Galligan piloted C-47 aircraft between Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany, and Tempelhof Airport, Berlin.

William G. Moore Jr.

C-130 Herculess under his command were the first aircraft into Hanoi to prepare for returning prisoners of war, and he commanded the homecoming operation at Clark Air Base under the direction of the commander in chief, Pacific Command.

Ypenburg Airport

After 1968, operations decreased significantly; the Air Base was used mainly as a VIP airport for politicians and the royal family.

Ysyk-Ata District

In 1992, the air base was transferred to Kyrgyzstan authorities; since 2003 it hosts Russian Air Force units.

Žatec

In 1948 the production facility continued to produce the Avia S-199, a version of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft which were sold to Israel, with the initial training for the Israeli pilots provided at the air base.