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Aalborg Air Base Flyvestation Aalborg | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Aalborg | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Aalborg, Denmark | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3 m / 10 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°05′34.04″N 09°50′56.99″E / 57.0927889°N 9.8491639°E | ||||||||||||||
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Aalborg Air Base (Danish: Flyvestation Aalborg) also Air Transport Wing Aalborg is a military air base for the Royal Danish Air Force (IATA: AAL, ICAO: EKYT). It is located at Vadum, near Aalborg, Denmark. Aalborg Air Base shares its runway system as well as some services (Air Traffic Control etc.) with Aalborg Lufthavn.
Residing Royal Danish Air Force units are:
- 721 Squadron which is an air transport squadron equipped with four Lockheed C-130J-30 Hercules and three CL-604 Challenger aircraft
It is also the base for Denmark's elite Jægerkorpset special forces unit.
Until their decommissioning on 10 January 2006, Aalborg Air Base was also home to:
These two squadrons were reconnaissance and fighter squadrons equipped with Lockheed F-16MLU Fighting Falcon aircraft.[2] The aircraft from these squadrons were transferred to Skrydstrup Air Base instead.
- ^ "EKYT Aalborg Air Base" (PDF). Mil Aip Denmark. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ^ "Flyvevåbnet | lex.dk – Den Store Danske".