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==Current use== [[File:Marine Aircraft Group 11 at Shaikh Isa airfield 1991.JPEG|thumb|[[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] [[Marine Aircraft Group 11]] aircraft at Sheik Isa, in 1991.]] ===Bahrain=== The base is home to the RBAF's '''1st Fighter Wing''': * 1st Fighter Squadron β [[Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon|Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon C/D Block 40]] * 2nd Fighter Squadron β [[Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16C/D Block 40]] * 6th Fighter Squadron β [[Northrop F-5|Northrop F-5E/F]] * 5th Squadron β [[British Aerospace Hawk]] * 4th Squadron β [[Slingsby T-67 Firefly]] ===United States=== {{further|Military intervention against ISIL order of battle}} In March 2009, the United States Air Force established a camp on Isa Air Base to support aerial port operations. The unit was designated a detachment of the [[379th Air Expeditionary Wing]] of [[Al Udeid Air Base]], [[Qatar]]. This detachment's purpose was to accelerate the delivery of [[mine-resistant ambush-protected]] all-terrain vehicles to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. As part of its [[Military intervention against ISIL|operations against ISIL]], the United States has [[Military intervention against ISIL order of battle|deployed various aircraft]] there.<ref name="AFMMAY15-59">{{cite book|title=[[AirForces Monthly]]|date=May 2015|publisher=[[Key Publishing|Key Publishing Ltd]]|location=[[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]]|pages=59}}</ref> As of August 27, 2020, [[KBR (company)|KBR]] is in charge of base operations support services at Isa Air Base.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contracts for August 27, 2020|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2327934/|access-date=2020-09-11|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US}}</ref>
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