Cairo West Air Base
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Cairo West Air Base
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Cairo West AB is a military airport on the western side of Cairo, Egypt. The air base shares some infrastructure with the adjacent Sphinx International Airport. Originally a Royal Air Force installation, among other units No. 96 Squadron RAF operated from the base. No. 104 Squadron RAF flew Vickers Wellington bombers against retreating Axis forces from the base after the Battle of El Alamein. The last RAF presence is listed by rafweb.org as No. 620 Squadron RAF's stay from March to June 1946. Af
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Egyptian military airport near Cairo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_West_Air_Base
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2023-03-14T21:42:23Z
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