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Royal Air Force Luqa (or more simply RAF Luqa) is a former Royal Air Force station located on the island of Malta, now developed into the Malta International Airport.
It hosted aircraft of Air Headquarters Malta (AHQ Malta) during the Second World War. Particularly during the Siege of Malta from 1941 to 1943, RAF Luqa was a very important base for British Commonwealth forces fighting against Italy and Germany for naval control of the Mediterranean and for ground control of North Africa. Air combat over and near Malta was some of the most ferocious of the war, and a series of airfields were built on the small, rocky island: at Luqa, Ta' Qali, and Hal Far, plus satellite fields at Safi, Qrendi and on Malta's second island of Gozo.
Royal Air Force Luqa (or more simply RAFLuqa) is a former Royal Air Force station located on the island of Malta, now developed into the Malta International...
of the Maltese capital, Valletta, in the town of Luqa, and occupies the location of the former RAFLuqa. The airport serves as the main hub for KM Malta...
Luqa (Maltese: Ħal Luqa, [ˈħal luːʔa], lit. 'poplar') is a town located in the Southern Region of Malta, 4.3 km away from the capital Valletta. With a...
the main operating bases such as RAFLuqa. Other diversion airstrips similar in function to Ta Kali were located at RAF Hal Far and on Malta's second island...
RAF Eastleigh. The Suez Crisis in 1956 saw a large RAF role, with aircraft operating from RAF Akrotiri and RAF Nicosia on Cyprus and RAFLuqa and RAF...
operating bases such as nearby RAFLuqa. Other diversion airstrips similar in function to Krendi were located at RAF Safi and on Malta's second island...
23(F) Squadron deployed to RAFLuqa, Malta, for an Armament Practice Camp (APC). No. 56(F) Squadron deployed for an APC at RAFLuqa between 13 October and...
as nearby RAFLuqa. Other diversion airstrips similar in function to Safi were located at RAF Krendi and on Malta's second island of Gozo. RAF Safi was...
Avro Lancaster bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from RAFLuqa into a residential area in Luqa. Three of the four crew members on board the aircraft and...
detachments at RAF Bodney, RAF Manston, RAF Lossiemouth and RAFLuqa. The squadron moved to Luqa on 25 December 1941. No. 34 Squadron RAF was based at Watton...
1957, the airfield also served as a civilian airport while the runways at RAFLuqa were being resurfaced. During 1958 Hal Far was the proving base for the...
undercarriage and damaged the airframe when it undershot the runway at RAFLuqa in Malta. The aircraft broke up over the town of Żabbar while turning inbound...
temporary move from RAF Wyton. 40 Squadron from 2 February 1941 to 31 October 1941 operating the Vickers Wellington IC - moved to RAFLuqa, Malta. 52 Squadron...
four Valiant squadrons—Nos 138, 148, 207 and 214 Squadrons—were based at RAFLuqa. No. 138 Squadron was the only one with a full complement of eight Valiants;...
World War II. There were three main airfields on Malta known as RAF Hal Far, RAFLuqa, and RAF Ta' Kali with an intermediate landing area known as the Safi...
line were completed as torpedo bombers. These early aircraft served with RAF Coastal Command from 1946 to 1947 before being converted to bombers. In 1946...
Royal Air Force Lossiemouth or more commonly RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a military airfield located on the western edge of the town of...
(with squadrons equipped with PR.7s and PR.9s being based at RAF Wyton in the UK and RAFLuqa in Malta). The PR.9s were fitted with special long-range optical...
the Maltese islands. It is built on the land formerly occupied by the RAFLuqa air base. A heliport is also located there. The heliport in Gozo is at...
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