Menagh Military Airbase | airport, heliport

Syria / Hhalab / Azaz /
 airport, military airbase, heliport
Menagh Air Base (or Minnigh airport, Minakh Air Base ) is a Syrian Air Force installation located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
Menagh Air Base was home to the 4th Flying Training Squadron, equipped with MBB 223 Flamingo trainer aircraft and Mil Mi-8 helicopters.

The air base became a major target of the armed opposition in the Syrian civil war's Battle of Aleppo.
The air base was under siege by opposition forces from August 2012 until it fell to the militants of al-Nusra Front on 6 August 2013.

Captured by SDF on 10 February 2016.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menagh_Military_Airbase
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Coordinates:   36°31'19"N   37°2'29"E