Martuba Airbase

During World War II the airfield, then known as Martuba Airfield, was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Force 57th Fighter Group, during the North African Campaign against Axis forces. The 57th flew P-40 Warhawks from the airfield 16 November-3 December 1942.{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.
• {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180455/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 20, 2016 |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}

Following the British victory at El Alamein during the Second World War, the airfield at MaturbaRoy Conyers Nesbit, The Armed Rovers: Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediterranean [https://books.google.com/books?id=444TDgAAQBAJ&dq=Maturba&pg=PA46 p45-46].Frederick Grice, War's Nomads: A Mobile Radar Unit in Pursuit of Rommel during the Western (Casemate, 2015).[https://books.google.com/books?id=9m5hCgAAQBAJ&dq=Maturba&pg=PA11 p11.] saw heavy fighting in 1942,Christopher Shores, Giovanni Massimello, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wBriCwAAQBAJ&dq=Martuba&pg=PT78 A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945]: Volume 2: North African Desert, February 1942 - March 1943(Grub Street Publishing, 19 Jul. 2014).Ken Delve Delve, [https://books.google.com/books?id=IoIlDwAAQBAJ&dq=Martuba&pg=PT450 The Desert Air Force in World War II: Air Power in the Western Desert, 1940-1942] (Pen and Sword, 31 Mar. 2017). as Rommel's Afrika Korps was pushed back from the Egyptian border.

The airbase's primary use is by the Libyan Air Force, which has two sections at the base. The first section contains the main buildings and the hangars that house Mil Mi-2 and Mil Mi-8 helicopters. The second section is the flight-line containing taxiways, a ramp, and a single runway. The runway has an additional {{convert|300|m}} paved overrun on each end.

An Aeritalia G.222 is stored on the ramp, but this section of the base appears to be a reserve facility.

The site is also used for the transportation of oil field workers from production facilities in the area.

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