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Prince Sultan Air Base () is a military air base located in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. There was formerly a large United States presence there during Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. The U.S. presence was predominantly that of multiple U.S. Air Force (USAF) flying units, augmented by a U.S. Navy (USN) or U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) EA-6B Prowler squadron, a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter squadron with Tornado F.3s and a French Air Force (ALA) fighter squadron with Mirage 2000s plus a C-135RF air refueling aircraft. Following the attack on U.S. Air Force facilities at Khobar Towers in Dharan in 1996, all USAF activities at that location were relocated to PSAB.

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  • Prince Sultan Air Base () is a military air base located in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. There was formerly a large United States presence there during Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. The U.S. presence was predominantly that of multiple U.S. Air Force (USAF) flying units, augmented by a U.S. Navy (USN) or U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) EA-6B Prowler squadron, a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter squadron with Tornado F.3s and a French Air Force (ALA) fighter squadron with Mirage 2000s plus a C-135RF air refueling aircraft. Following the attack on U.S. Air Force facilities at Khobar Towers in Dharan in 1996, all USAF activities at that location were relocated to PSAB.
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  • Prince Sultan Air Base () is a military air base located in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. There was formerly a large United States presence there during Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. The U.S. presence was predominantly that of multiple U.S. Air Force (USAF) flying units, augmented by a U.S. Navy (USN) or U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) EA-6B Prowler squadron, a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter squadron with Tornado F.3s and a French Air Force (ALA) fighter squadron with Mirage 2000s plus a C-135RF air refueling aircraft. Following the attack on U.S. Air Force facilities at Khobar Towers in Dharan in 1996, all USAF activities at that location were relocated to PSAB. Before 11 September 2001, per agreement with the Saudi Arabian government, all U.S. and Allied aircraft stationed at PSAB were to be of a "defensive" versus "offensive" nature. This was due to Arab sensitivities that non-Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) aircraft in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia should be perceived as being there for the defense of the Kingdom. During Operation Southern Watch, this required aircraft carrying offensive strike ordnance for use against ground targets in Iraq to be stationed in Kuwait or aboard aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf. USAF, USN, USMC, RAF and ALA aircraft that were based at PSAB primarily consisted of airborne early warning, reconnaissance, air refueling, electronic warfare, suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) and air-to-air fighter aircraft, along with transient airlift aircraft. U.S. squadrons came under the operational control of the 363d Air Expeditionary Wing (363 AEW) at PSAB, with associated squadrons or detachments prior to 11 Sep 2001 rotated in and out from their home bases in Europe, the United States or the Pacific on a 90-day to 6-month basis. During Operation Southern Watch, in addition to Active Component aircraft, USAF made extensive use of Air National Guard (ANG) and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) F-15, F-16 and KC-135 aircraft and associated personnel on rotational assignments to PSAB and the Navy Reserve occasionally employed EA-6B aircraft at PSAB as well. In August and early September 2001, Joint Task Force Southwest Asia and its associated Coalition Air Operations Center (CAOC) were in the process of relocating from the Eskan Village complex in Riyadh to PSAB concurrent with construction of a more modern and expanded CAOC at PSAB. Events of 11 Sep 2001 accelerated this movement, so that subsequent command and control of all Coalition air operations for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom were executed from PSAB. In mid-2003, all U.S. operations at PSAB began migrating to Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar. Today, PSAB is the main base for the Royal Saudi Air Force's five E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveillance aircraft, seven air refueling tanker aircraft and one Tactical Air Support Squadron reconnaissance aircraft.
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