Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base is a Tunisian Air Force base located approximately 7 km west of Menzel Abderhaman, and 9 km west-southwest of Bizerte.
Units stationed at the base are:
No. 11 Squadron
Jet trainer squadron, Aermacchi MB-326
No. 15 Squadron
Fighter squadron, Northrop F-5 Tiger/TigerII
No. 21 Squadron
Transport squadron, C-130 Hercules, Let L-410 Turbolet, G-222
World War II
During World War II it was used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign. It was known as Bizerte Airfield. Several Allied units used the base in 1943. It was a heavy bomber airfield used by B-17 Flying Fortress strategic bombers of the 2d Bombardment Group, between 2 and 9 December 1943. There was a major air depot co-located at Sidi Ahmen.
Post-World War II
AFRICOM secretly operates a drone base at Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base.
See also
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress airfields in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
References
External links
Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .