Prince Hassan Air Base (ICAO: OJPH;[2][3] Arabic: قاعدة الأمير حسن الجوية; formerly H-5) is a Royal Jordanian Air Force base, located near the town of Safawi, Mafraq Governorate, Jordan, 72.4 miles (100 km) east-northeast of the country's capital Amman.
The airfield was established as a landing strip associated with the Kirkuk–Haifa oil pipeline's H-5 pumping station, being used by Royal Air Force and Iraq Petroleum Company mail aircraft operating between Baghdad, Amman, and Cairo.
6 Fighter Reconnaissance Squadron RJAF has been based at the airfield in the past,[4][when?]
17 Squadron RJAF with Northrop F-5E/F Tiger IIs was stationed at the base.
[7][8] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency Sources