In 1969, after years training Black pilots during World War II and flying hundreds of combat missions over Korea and Vietnam, James was sent to Wheelus Air Base in Libya to command a fighter ...

Susan SPANO’s “Libya, Within Reach” [May 23] rekindled memories of my 18-month stay in that country as a member of the United States Air Force stationed at Wheelus Air Base in 1963.

Proof was provided of instances in which the Wheelus air base radio and TV stations, serving American personnel, censored and banned all material referring to Jews, Judaism, or Israel. An Air ...

The 7th Flight is attached to Wheelus for support. Hughes explained that normally the Navy would provide crash boat service to a coastal air base, but since there were no Navy detachments in the ...

were supersonic bombers based at Okba Ben Nafi Air Base (currently Mitiga, prior to June 1970, known as Wheelus Air Base and used by the USAF) that were used in combat against Tanzania in 1979 and ...

Recast Wheelus Air Force Base, it was a Cold War mainstay for U.S forces in the Mediterranean until Libyan leader threw the Americans out in 1970. The United States lost the base it built at Cam ...

The U. S. Department of the Air Force made known today that it is reevaluating the situation of American military personnel assigned to Wheelus Air Base, Libya, because of complaints made to ...

Semones. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965 at Wheelus Air Force Base. He also served in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard from 1985-2003 We salute you and we thank you for your ...

Wheelus Air Base was once the largest American air base outside the USA itself. Ordered to be cleared by June 30th, 1970 by Libya’s Revolutionary Command Council.