Jirah Air Base

Jirah Air Base
IATA: none ICAO: OS62[1]
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Syrian Armed Forces
Operator	Syrian Air Force
In use	Unknown–present
Coordinates	36°5′51″N 37°56′25″E
Map
Jirah Air Base Location in Syria

Jirah Air Base (sometimes spelled al-Jarrah) is a small airbase of the Syrian Arab Air Force. After surrounding the airbase in the middle of January 2013, the base was captured by opposition fighters from Ahrar al-Sham and the Free Syrian Army on 12 February.[2][3] It fell under ISIL control in January 2014.[4] On 9 March 2017 the Syrian Army launched an assault to recapture the airbase.[5] On 12 May 2017, the SAA recaptured the airbase from ISIS in the Maskanah Plains offensive and had it fully secured by 29 May.[6] It was reopened in January 2023. A Syrian Air Defense Force unit is stationed there.

See also

• List of Syrian Air Force bases

References

1. "Jirah Air Base (OS62)". World Airport Codes.
2. "FSA captures Syrian regime's military airport near Aleppo". Al Arabiya. 13 February 2013.
3. "Rebels Overrun Military Airport in North Syria". Naharnet. Agence France Presse. 12 February 2013.
4. "IS 'loses key' Aleppo water station to army forces". BBC News. 7 March 2017.
5. "Syrian Army storms strategic airport in east Aleppo". Al-Masdar News. 10 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
6. Aboufadel, Leith (May 29, 2017). "Breaking: ISIL's last pocket near strategic airbase falls to Syrian Army in east Aleppo". Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2020.