Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport is an airport in the Jabal al Gharbi District of Libya, located approximately south-southwest of Tripoli in the Libyan desert. Its primary use is the transportation of oilfield workers from production facilities in the area.
World War II During World War II the airfield, then known as Tmed El Chel Airfield was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces.
USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:
81st Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 11 January-3 February 1943, B-25 Mitchell 82d Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 10 January-4 February 1943, B-25 Mitchell Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. . Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
See also Transport in Libya List of airports in Libya
References
External links OurAirports - Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport