RMAF Kuantan Air Base

RMAF Kuantan (Malay: TUDM Kuantan) is an airbase of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (Malay: Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia). It is located in Kuantan, Pahang in Peninsular Malaysia. It shares the runway and other facilities with Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport.^[2]

Kuantan began life as RAF Kuantan.

The following squadrons were here at some point:

• No. 32 Squadron RAF detachment between July 1961 and February 1969 with the English Electric Canberra B.15^[3]
• No. 36 Squadron RAF detachment between July 1935 and December 1941 with the Vickers Vildebeest III^[4]
• No. 45 Squadron RAF detachment between September 1962 and April 1965 with the Canberra B.15^[5]
• No. 60 Squadron RAF detachment between February and July 1941 with the Bristol Blenheim I^[6]
• No. 62 Squadron RAF detachment between February and December 1941 with the Blenheim I^[6]
• No. 100 Squadron RAF detachment between December 1941 and January 1942 with the Bristol Beaufort I^[7]

RMAF Kuantan was established on 24 June 1968. Its early squadrons consisted of No. 3 Squadron and No. 9 Squadron that flew Canadair CL-41G Tebuan jet trainers. In 1985 the CL-41G Tebuans were replaced by Douglas A-4 Skyhawks and BAE Systems Hawks. In 1995, the RMAF received Russian-made Mikoyan MiG-29s, which are based at Kuantan and operated by No. 17 Squadron and No. 19 Squadron.^[8] Other than being a base for fixed-wing aircraft, RMAF Kuantan is also a base for helicopters such as the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King and Eurocopter EC725.^[9] The ATSC MiG Technical Centre, which is the company responsible for providing maintenance for the Mikoyan MiG-29s, is also located on the base.^[10]

• Royal Malaysian Air Force bases
• List of airports in Malaysia

• Jefford, C. G. (2001). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 (2nd ed.). Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.