Ali Al Salem Air Base

Ali Al Salem Airbase is known as “The Rock” because of the perfect geographical location which stands on an elevated ground 39 miles away from the Iraq border. This is a military airbase in Kuwait that is under the command of the Kuwait Air Force.  The airbase played host to the personnel and aircraft of the Royal Air Force, United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force during the operation Southern Watch and Operation Telic/Operation Iraqi Freedom. After the operation, the airbase was returned under the control of the Government of Kuwait.

Ali Al Salem Air Base Facts

• Website: No known website for Ali Al Salem Air Base
• Location: Kuwait
• Latitude: 29.346667
• Longitude: 47.520556
• DSN: N/A

After fifteen years of liberation, there are still visible remnants of the damaged to Ali Al Salem of the Iraqi invasion. Despite of the efforts of the Kuwaiti staff officers and personnel while the General in command of the base remained to organize the supplies from Saudi Arabia and fight up to his last breath and it was overran by the Iraq military at the end of the day.

The French, who was under contract with the Kuwait Government, constructed an impenetrable aircraft shelters but when the Iraqi military took over the place, they put the Iraqi aircraft in the shelter and moved the Kuwait aircraft out of the bunker.  But it turned out to be false when the US and its joined forces during the Desert Storm wiped out the Kuwaiti bunkers by their GBU bombs. Until now, the Kuwait government is still having legal battles against the Government of France.

As of today, Ali Al Salem Airbase is home to different military units aside from the Kuwait Air Force. The airport is located in an elevated land that is 472 above sea level with two concrete/asphalt runways with a length of 2,989 meters and 45 meters width and the other runways measures 2,989 meters by 40 meters.