RAFO Thumrait airbase (IATA: TTH, ICAO: OOTH) is a military airport located near Thumrait, a town in Dhofar Governorate, Oman. The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) are the operators of RAFO Thumrait, and is home to two RAFO squadrons of F16s. The United States Air Force (USAF) is a current tenant,[1] and the British Royal Air Force (RAF)[3] and the Indian Air Force (IAF) also use RAFO Thumrait during regular cross-nation military exercises.
^ abAirport information for OOTH[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
^Airport information for TTH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
^"RAF Typhoons arrive in Oman at start of Exercise Saif Sareea 3". www.RAF.MoD.uk. Royal Air Force – Ministry of Defence. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
RAFOThumrait airbase (IATA: TTH, ICAO: OOTH) is a military airport located near Thumrait, a town in Dhofar Governorate, Oman. The Royal Air Force of...
Thumrait is notable for its Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) station. Originally an oil depot, RAFOThumrait was created to establish air power in that region...
(Arabic: سلاح الجو السلطاني عمان, romanized: Silāḥ al-Jaww as-Sulṭāniy ‘Umān or RAFO) is the air arm of the Armed Forces of Oman. The Sultan of Oman's Air Force...
were retired on 6 August 2014. No. 8 Squadron RAFO at RAFOThumrait. No. 20 Squadron RAFO at RAFOThumrait. United Kingdom Royal Air Force – all retired...
make it a 'magnet' for terrorists". The Washington Post. Pike, John. "Thumrait Air Base". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2017-02-02. Enhanced Defense Cooperation...
Expeditionary Wing Shaikh Isa Air Base, Bahrain 406th Air Expeditionary Wing RAFOThumrait, Oman 410th Air Expeditionary Wing H-5 Air Base, Jordan Shaheed Mwaffaq...
the Suez Crisis in 1956. The joint headquarters for the exercise was at RAFO Masirah airbase, on Masirah Island in Oman. The exercise involved a demonstration...
in Afghanistan (2001-present) and the War in Iraq from 2002 based at RAFOThumrait. Flew B-1, AWACS, KC-135, and RC-135 aircraft, and possibly others....
Operation Desert Storm. Tactical Airlift Wing, Provisional, 1660th RAFOThumrait, Oman MATS c. 26 Dec 1990 c. 5 May 1991 Operation Desert Storm. Replaced...
Dhofar, and cut the only road across it—that from Salalah to "Midway" (Thumrait) in the deserts to the north. They were known to the Sultan's Armed Forces...
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