Wujah Al Hajar Air Base

Airport in Hamat, Lebanon

34°17′0″N 35°42′0″E / 34.28333°N 35.70000°E / 34.28333; 35.70000Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
05/23	6,000	1,829	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])

References

^ Official website of the Lebanese Army
^ Beirut, U. S. Embassy (2021-11-16). "Six MD-530F+ Attack Helicopters Delivered to the Lebanese Armed Forces". U.S. Embassy in Lebanon. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
^ "Army helicopter makes emergency landing in Hadath al-Jebbeh".

Lebanese Armed Forces

Organization	Army Air Force Navy Ministry of National Defense Special Operations Command Ranks Commanders
History Operations	Lebanese Civil War Operation "Dinnieh" Operation "Benin" 2006 war Operation "Nahr el Bared" 2008 conflict
Special units	Commando Regiment Marine Commandos Republican Guard Brigade
Colleges Schools	Fouad Shehab Command and Staff College Military Academy Teaching Institute Skiing and Mountain Fighting School High Center for Military Sport Naval Academy Aviation School
Research Development	Cedar (Arz) rocket Huey Bomber UH-1H
Civilian auxiliaries	Lebanese Red Cross