Nouasseur Air Base | |
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Located near Casablanca, Morocco | |
Coordinates | 33°22′00″N 7°35′00″W / 33.36667°N 7.58333°W |
Type | Air Force Base |
Site history | |
Built | 1951 |
In use | 1951-1963 |
Nouasseur Air Base (IATA: EVX, ICAO: LFOE) near Casablanca in Morocco, was a United States Air Force base from 1951 to 1963. It was designed for B-36 and B-47 bombers but never came into use, and also housed repair units for a period. Today, Nouasseur AB is known as Mohammed V International Airport. It hosts helicopters of the Royal Moroccan Navy.[1]