Eskan Village was built in 1983 during the reign of Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to house various bedouin tribes.

The tribes declined to occupy the housing complex, and Eskan Village remained unoccupied until August 1990.

[1] In 1992, in the aftermath of the Gulf War, Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA) was formed and headquartered at Eskan Village for the conduct of Operation Southern Watch.

After the bombing of the Khobar Towers on June 25, 1996, several U.S. military offices and housing facilities located in Riyadh and Dhahran were also moved to Eskan Village and Prince Sultan Air Base to mitigate possible future attacks.

[2] On September 5, 2005, the United States Air Force activated the 64th Air Expeditionary Group to assume security, law enforcement, and operational support for Eskan Village from the United States Army.