RAF Group Captain Tony Innes, Commander Bastion and Commanding Officer 903 Expeditionary Air Wing.[1]
Airfield information
Identifiers
IATA: OAZ, ICAO: OAZI
Elevation
2,915 feet (888 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
01/19
3,500 metres (11,483 ft) Concrete/Asphalt
Helipads
Number
Length and surface
HLS 01/19
500 metres (1,640 ft) Concrete
[2] Garrison of 11,000–12,000 troops.[3] Could hold over 28,000/[4] 32,000 troops.[5] Airfield Sources: AIP Afghanistan,[6] DoD FLIP[7]
Camp Shorabak (formerly Camp Bastion) is a former British Army airbase, located northwest of the city of Lashkargah in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The camp was situated in a remote desert area, far from population centres.
The camp was built by the British Army in 2005-06, and on 27 October 2014 the British Army handed over control to the Afghan Ministry of Defense. Between 2005 and October 2014 it was the logistics hub for International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations in Helmand during the War in Afghanistan and Operation Herrick,[8][9] and it was capable of accommodating over 32,000 people.[5] It was the largest British overseas military camp built since the Second World War.[10] The base was also home to troops from other states, including the United States and Denmark.[11]
Shorabak contained the Afghan National Army (ANA) camp (also called Camp Shorabak), and also held Camp Leatherneck until 2014.[10]
The Taliban took control of Afghanistan in July–August 2021; the camp is now under control by the Taliban.[12]
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^Airport record for Camp Bastion Airport at Landings.com. Retrieved 1-8-2013
^"Camp Bastion Army Base". Army Technology.
^LandWarfareCentre 2015, p. 30.
^ ab"Dismantling Camp Bastion". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
^"Aeronautical Information Publication Republic of Afghanistan Part 3" (PDF). acaa.gov.af (91 ed.). 20 May 2021. pp. 62–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
^DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) - Supplement Eastern Europe and Asia. St. Louis, Missouri: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. B-15.
^"Camp Bastion doubles in size". MoD (UK). 18 May 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
^"UK base in Afghanistan handed over". BBC News Online. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^ ab"Bye-bye Bastion". Ministry of Defence (MoD (UK)). Retrieved 27 October 2014.
^"Commander Bastion takes charge of UK's main Helmand base and its airfield". MoD (UK). 18 October 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
^"Bitter blow: UK's former hub in Afghanistan captured by Taliban". Business Standard India. 13 August 2021.
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