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Ismailia Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية, ) helicopter base, located approximately 4 km west-northwest of the city of Ismailia; (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo. History Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened by the British about 1916. On 5–7 November 1938, RAF Vickers Wellesley aircraft set a non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia to Darwin, Australia, a distance of 7,162 miles (11520.4 km). During World War II, the airfi…