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Abu Suwayr Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force ((アラビア語:القوات الجوية المصرية), ') base, located approximately west of Ismaïlia (al-Ismāʻīlīyah) and northeast of Cairo. It is positioned for strategic defence of the Suez Canal waterway. ==History== During the Second World War the airfield, then known as RAF Abu Sueir or Abu Sueir Airfield (LG-205) was used as a military airfield by the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom and the American United States Army Air Forces during the North African Campaign against Axis forces. USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:〔 * Maurer, Maurer. ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II''. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4. * 〕 * 376th Bombardment Group, 8 November 1942-January 1943, Consolidated B-24 Liberator : 512th Bombardment Squadron, 9 November 1942-10 February 1943 : 513th Bombardment Squadron, 8 November 1942-10 February 1943 : 514th Bombardment Squadron, 8 November 1942-10 February 1943 : 515th Bombardment Squadron, 8 November 1942-6 February 1943 In the mid 1950s, the base was the last station to be handed over by the RAF to the Egyptians. This was despite the fact that Abu Sueir and Fanara were the two bases to be retained, to be maintained by civilian contractors. Abu Sueir was handed over to Egypt on 14 April 1956.〔Lee, Wings in the Sun, 49-50〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abu Suwayr Air Base」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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