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Dates: 1928 - RAF Salalah, was a staging post in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and lay in the fertile coastal plain of Dhofar, 650 miles from Aden. The airfield was constructed in 1928 and had been in constant use ever since as a military and civilian staging post. In the 1950s and 60s, Salalah provided refuelling and replenishment facilities for Beverley, Argosy, Dakota and other aircraft operating on the Aden-Masirah-Sharjah-Bahrain route, and could accommodate limited numbers of personnel for overnight stops. It is now Salalah Airport and the second busiest airport in Oman.
Added on 03/03/2011During 1961 Salalah was involved in the movements of troops to Kuwait when Iraq threatened invasion to reclaim Kuwait. This is the Gulf war/police action that the media have forgotten. We worked for four days & three nights to keep aircraft refuelled/turned around & troops fed, until reinforcements arrived from Aden.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving RAF Salalah
" RAF Salalah 1973Sgts Mess memories, Wobbly Wheel Club. "
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"serverd at raf salalah 1964 1965 catering section where are all the cooks from that year not gone to the happy hunting ground i hope regards gordon "
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" serving at raf salalah 1964 1965 as a cook i was asked to tie a piece of bacon fat around one of the arab cooks neck to rid him of a sore neck thought pigs were unclean to moslems "
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" Hi Bill, I wasn’t in the Sergeants Mess at Salalah but your name sounds very familiar. Have we chatted before (I can’t remember)? I was posted to the Supply Flight at RAF Salalah in the first quarter of1973, having been on the Supply Squadron at RAF Masirah for a few weeks. Many happy ..."
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"I am interested to communicate with those who were in RAF Salalah during 1969 to 1973"
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