Taftanaz Air Base  | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Syrian Arab Air Force | ||||||||||
| Operator | Turkish Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Taftanaz, Idlib Governorate | ||||||||||
| In use | 1940-present | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,027 ft / 313 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°58′20″N 036°46′59″E / 35.97222°N 36.78306°E | ||||||||||
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  Taftanaz Air Base Location in Syria | |||||||||||
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Taftanaz Air Base is an airbase located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south of Taftanaz, Idlib Governorate and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of Ta'um, Idlib Governorate, Syria.
Taftanaz was home to two squadrons of Mil-8/17 Hip helicopters until its capture by the Syrian Opposition.[1]
Led by jihadist fighters from the Al-Nusra Front and an Ahrar ash-Sham battalion, Syrian rebels overran Taftanaz during the second week of January 2013.[1][2]
On 6 February 2020, the Turkish Armed Forces constructed a military installation on the premises of the airbase, as Syrian Government forces advanced toward it during the 2020 Northwestern Syria offensive.[3] It was targeted with airstrikes by the Syrian Air Force just hours after being constructed.[4]
On 2 March 2020, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a Syrian Government attack on Taftanaz Airport leaving one Turkish soldier dead and three wounded.[5]
- ^ a b "Rebels 'take control of key north Syria airbase'". BBC. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ Anne Barnard (January 11, 2013). "Syrian Rebels Say They Seized Helicopter Base in the North". The New York Times. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- ^ "Turkish forces install new military post in Taftanaz military airbase". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "بعد ساعات من تثبيت القوات التركية نقطة بداخله.. طائرات النظام الحربية تستهدف مطار تفتناز العسكري". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ Dead and wounded in the ranks of the Turkish forces with artillery shelling of the regime forces in Idlib countryside (In Arabic)