King Khalid Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة الملك خالد الجوية) (KKAB) is an airbase of Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) in the south-west of Saudi Arabia, near Khamis Mushait.
The airbase, with code KMX, has a 12,400 ft (3,780 m) paved runway without customs facilities.
The base was designed and built by the Dutch company Ballast Nedam for BAE in the 1960s, with additional construction through the 1970s and 1980s, and has McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle service facilities.
101 Squadron RAF launched here refueled Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR1s.
[3] The RSAF forces included the newly formed 66th Squadron with Tornado GR1 aircraft and immediately after Gulf war 1 they took delivery of the RSAF GR1a Reconnaissance versions supported by the 66th Squadron Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (RIC).