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The United Arab Emirates Air Force ( UAEAF) ( Arabic: القوات الجوية والدفاع الجوي الاماراتي, romanized : al-Quwwāt al-Jawiyah wa al-Defa' al-Jawiy al-ʾImārāty) is the air force of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), part of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. Its predecessor was established in 1968, when the ...
Al Dhafra Air Base. / 24.24000°N 54.54833°E / 24.24000; 54.54833. Al Dhafra Air Base ( Arabic: قاعدة الظفرة الجوية) ( IATA: DHF, ICAO: OMAM) is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately 20 mi (32 km) south of Abu Dhabi, and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force .
Al Minhad Air Base ( Arabic: قاعدة المنهاد الجوية, IATA: NHD, ICAO: OMDM, also just Minhad Air Base[ 1]) is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates. The base is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Dubai and is operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force. It is currently the headquarters of the ...
Al-Safran Air Base. / 23.65194°N 53.82056°E / 23.65194; 53.82056. The Al-Safran Air Base ( ICAO: OMLW, [ 1] alternatively called Liwa[ 2]) is a military air base operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force, located approximately 80 miles southwest of Abu Dhabi, near Madinat Zayed. [ 3][ 4]
The Union Defence Force was established officially as the military of the United Arab Emirates on 27 December 1971 from a directive issued by Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. [ 8] As the Union Defence Force, every emirate was responsible for the equipment and training of its defense forces. In the event of an attack on any one of the seven emirates ...
The UAE operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon F-16E Block 60 unique variant unofficially called "Desert Falcon", developed by General Dynamics with collaboration of the UAE and specifically for the United Arab Emirates Air Force. [152] The United Arab Emirates Army operates a customized Leclerc tank and is the only other operator ...
Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates Map of the United Arab Emirates. The table below shows a list of every city in the UAE with a population of at least 10,000, listed in descending order. The capitals are shown in bold. The population numbers are of the cities, and not the emirates, often with the same name.
Low cost carrier of Abu Dhabi and a subsidiary of Air Arabia. Emirates: EK: UAE: EMIRATES: 1985 Dubai International Airport: Largest airline in the Middle East. Etihad Airways: EY: ETD: ETIHAD: 2003 Abu Dhabi International Airport: Second largest airline in the United Arab Emirates. Flydubai: FZ: FDB: SKY DUBAI: 2008 Dubai International Airport ...