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Riffa Air Base is an
air base An airbase (stylised air base in American English), sometimes referred to as a military airbase, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base, is an aerodrome or airport used as a mi ...
of the
Royal Bahraini Air Force The Royal Bahraini Air Force (, abbreviated as RBAF, formerly known as Bahrain Amiri Air Force) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF). Originally formed as the BDF Air Wing in 1976, it became an independent service bran ...
located south east of
Riffa Riffa () is the second-largest city in the Kingdom of Bahrain in terms of area. The city is divided into three parts: , and . All three parts are located in the Southern Governorate. The city is growing fast: during the 2001 census, the p ...
,
Southern Governorate The Southern Governorate () has the largest area of the four governorates of Bahrain. It includes parts of Bahrain's old municipalities – Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, and Juzur Hawar (the Hawar Islands). ...
, Bahrain and home to the Helicopter Wing of the RBAF. It is home to the: * 3rd Helicopter Squadron with the Bell AB212 and
Bell 412 The Bell 412 is a utility helicopter of the Huey family manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It is a development of the Bell 212, with the major difference being the composite four-blade main rotor. It is a twin-turbine helicopter that has been ...
EP * 8th Helicopter Squadron with the Bell AH-1FB Cobra * 9th Helicopter Squadron with the AH-1FB * 10th Helicopter Squadron with the
Bell 505 Jet Ranger X The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X (JRX) is an American/Canadian light helicopter developed and manufactured by Bell Helicopter. The Bell 505 was unveiled at the Paris Air Show, 2013 Paris Airshow in June 2013 as the Bell SLS (Short Light Single). The B ...
* 12th Helicopter Squadron with the Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk * 22nd Helicopter Squadron with the Bell AH-1Z Zulu


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List of airports in Bahrain A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...


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{{Airports in Bahrain Military installations of Bahrain