Kuweires Military Aviation Institute
Kuweires Military Aviation Institute (Arabic: الكلية الجوية العسكرية في كويرس) is an airbase and military aviation institute in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. It is situated some 30 km east of the city of Aleppo, to the northeast of Kuweires Sharqi village, between As-Safira in the West and Dayr Hafir in the East.
Kuweires Military Aviation Institute الكلية الجوية العسكرية في كويرس | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military aviation institute | ||||||||||
| Owner | Syrian Armed Forces | ||||||||||
| Operator | Syrian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Kuweires Sharqi, Aleppo Governorate | ||||||||||
| Built | 1980 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1980–present | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°11′13″N 037°34′59″E | ||||||||||
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Kuweires Air Base Location in Syria | |||||||||||
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The base was constructed with Polish support in the late 1960s as the primary base of the Syrian air force academy. The base is home to the Military Aviation Institute (originally opened in Damascus in 1947) of the Syrian Arab Air Force since 1980. The Military Aviation Institute was renovated between 2017 and 2021. Institute was reopened in 2021.
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