In 1940, the airfield was constructed, and the 107 Maintenance Unit and 21 Personnel Transit Center was based here during the Second World War. 107 MU operated a maintenance, repair, and flight test center at the airfield. RAF Kasfareet would commonly experience sandstorms. [1]
Around 1955, the RAF transferred the airfield alongside RAF Shallufa to the Egyptian Air Force. Runways 04/22, 14/32, and 09/27 was closed shortly afterwards.
The former RAF maintenance, repair, and flight test center was not used by the Egyptian Air Force after the transfer.[2]
Layout
RAF Kasfareet stored 28,800 gallons of AV GAS and 28,800 gallons of jet fuel. Accommodated with the airfield was a control tower, an administrative building, a 36-bed infirmary, and an armory. RAF personnel stationed at the airfield slept in tents, and in billets. The perimeter of the camp was guarded by fences and searchlights. Kasfareet was operated by four bituminous runways, which only one was used after the transfer of ownership. [3][4]
Units
Unit Facilities
The following units that were once formed, or based at Kasfareet:[5]
Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN1-85310-053-6.