Wujah Al Hajar Air Base Explained

Hamat Air Base
Icao:	Z19O
Type:	Military
City-Served:	Hamat
Location:	Hamat, Lebanon
Elevation-F:	840
R1-Number:	05/23
R1-Length-F:	6000
R1-Surface:	Concrete

Hamat Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة حامات الجوية) is a Lebanese Air Force base in Hamat, Lebanon. It was built in the mid-1970s. The airport was however never used for civilian purposes. Although its heavily damaged runway (numerous holes as result of airstrikes) has been patched, the airfield is currently used only by the Lebanese Air Force with MD-530F Defenders helicopters and Super Tucano light attack aircraft. The airfield is also used by the Special Forces school.

Air base aircraft

The base has the following aircraft:^[1]

• 6 A-29B Super Tucano counter insurgence planes
• 5 MD-530F light attack helicopters (6 delivered:^[2],one crashed on 5 January 2022:^[3])

Notes and References

1. http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/ar/news/?43684#.VS4beJNRJ51 Official website of the Lebanese Army
2. Web site: Beirut . U. S. Embassy . 2021-11-16 . Six MD-530F+ Attack Helicopters Delivered to the Lebanese Armed Forces . 2022-08-12 . U.S. Embassy in Lebanon . en-US.
3. Web site: Army helicopter makes emergency landing in Hadath al-Jebbeh .