Satellite and aerial maps of Mina Salman Port with nearby locations | |
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| Km | Bearing | ||
| 5.1 | 300 | Manama Police Fort, | |
| 7.4 | 012 | OBBI | Muharraq Intl Airport, Al Manama |
| 8.0 | 010 | RAF Muharraq, Muharraq Island | |
| 10.7 | 201 | Rifa'a Air Base, | |
| 20.5 | 207 | OBKH | Sakhir Air Base, Awali |
| 31.3 | 185 | OBBS | Shaikh Isa Air Base, Shaikh Isa |
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History of this Location | |
Mina Salman Port has recently been expanded and occupies the site of the former HMS Jufair, where the Royal Navy had an overseas base between 1935 and 1971.
It is now home to the US Navy 5th Fleet HQ and the UK Naval Support Facility.
Ground was broken in 2015 and the UK NSF opened in Apr 2018 as a forward logistic and staging base supporting, amongst others, the Royal Navy Operation Kipion to keep open the regions 3 strategic maritime choke points for international trade, of:
It is now home to the US Navy 5th Fleet HQ and the UK Naval Support Facility.
Ground was broken in 2015 and the UK NSF opened in Apr 2018 as a forward logistic and staging base supporting, amongst others, the Royal Navy Operation Kipion to keep open the regions 3 strategic maritime choke points for international trade, of:
- Bab-el-Mandeb
- Strait of Hormuz
- Suez Canal.
Mina Salman Port News | |
  The US Navy has deployed the Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) on MH-60S Seahawk helicopter. The ALMDS is a sensor system designed to detect, classify and localize floating and near-surface moored mines |
List of aircraft and events at Mina Salman Port | Login to Edit | |
By Date | By Serial
| Dates | Org/Type | Unit | |||
| 1987-jul-30 | USN | HSS-2 | 148037 | ||
| 2017-jan-31 | 2017-feb-02 CTF 50 | USN | Arleigh Burke Flight II class | DDG-72 USS Mahan | |
| 2017-jan-31 | 2017-feb-02 CTF 50 | RAN | Anzac class | FFH 151 HMAS Arunta | |
| 2017-jan-31 | 2017-feb-02 CTF 50 | RN | Ocean class | L12 HMS Ocean | |
| 2017-jan-31 | 2017-feb-02 CTF 50 | Royal Fleet Auxiliary | Bay class | L3009 RFA Cardigan Bay | |
| 2017-apr-13 | RAN | S-70B-2 | N24-011 | ||
| 2017-dec | Delivery | Royal Fleet Auxiliary | Point class | mv Hurst Point | |
| 2018-oct | Royal Fleet Auxiliary | Bay class | L3009 RFA Cardigan Bay | ||
| 2019-apr-11 | 2022-nov | RN | Type 23 Duke class | F236 HMS Montrose | |
| 2020-mar-23 | Marine Luchtvaartdienst | De Zeven Provinciën class | F804 Hr.Ms. De Ruyter | ||
| 2021-may | Operation Kipion | Royal Fleet Auxiliary | Bay class | L3007 RFA Lyme Bay | |
| 2021-may | Royal Fleet Auxiliary | Bay class | L3009 RFA Cardigan Bay | ||
| 2022-nov-13 | 2025 | RN | Type 23 Duke class | F229 HMS Lancaster | |
