Prior to 31 March 1970, the airfield was known as Royal Air Force Station El Adem (Arabic: العدم, romanized: al-ʿAdam after the nearby settlement al Adm), and used by the RAF primarily as a …

At RAF El Adem, near Tobruk, Libya, Scottish Aviation Pioneers of No 230 Squadron, including XL558, seen following a sortie during Exercise Starlight One, March 1960. The aircraft is in …

Mar 16, 2025 · EL-ADEM. Includes 10 photographs depicting: RAF El Adem, Libya: visit of HRH the Princess Royal and examples of transportation. Dated 1962-1964.. Appendices only. Date: …

My tour lasted from October 1963 through to August 1965, I worked as an Aircraft Engine Fitter on TASS (some say TASF) arriving on the evening of 16th October 1963 on Bristol Britannia …

Nov 14, 2010 · Thinking about 'lines in the sand', I remember from the early '50s, that when flying in to El Adem from Egypt one could see a rusty line across the desert. This was from the …

Royal Air Force Station El Adem was the fuel stop for the BOAC aircraft carrying the new Queen Elizabeth II on her flight from Entebbe to London on 7 February 1952. [2] The airfield was …

Want to know more about RAF El Adem? These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the …

Nov 15, 2014 · Military Aviation - RAF El Adem in the 1960s - Interesting film - how it used to be, RAF flying the army out for an exercise. And have just found a similar film on Aden

The previous day, the Display Squadron of Hunters known as the Black Arrows had refuelled at El Adem as they returned from India. One had remained behind to have a minor fault fixed, but …

We quickly understood that this was no more than the usual El Adem greeting to newcomers, so returned the saucy banter with suitable negative rejoinders in the same style and then we were …