forces at that location. USAF assets remaining in Kuwait are primarily stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base. The U.S. side of the base was re-opened around July 2010 in support of Operation New Dawn. The U.S. side of the base was re-opened in 2014 sometime before October. From 22 November 2014 four Panavia Tornados from 6º Stormo of the Italian Air Force deployed there for an unknown amount of time along with a Boeing KC-767A from 14º Stormo. Between 15 October 2014 and 30 September 2015, the Royal Danish Air Force deployed seven General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcons with four being operational and three others in a reserve capacity. Role and operations Kuwait Air Force The base is home to the Kuwait Air Force's entire fighter/attack aircraft fleet. Two front-line (9 Squadron and 25 Squadron) and one training unit (61 Squadron) operate a fleet of McDonnell Douglas KAF-18C/D Hornets. The aircraft is a twin-engine, supersonic, all-weather, multirole combat jet, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft. Military intervention against ISIL Ahmad al-Jaber hosts the United States Air Force's 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (332 AEW), which moved to the base in May 2016. The 332 ARW provides a wide range combat capabilities including aerial-refueling, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), space, combat search and rescue (CSAR), and precision strike, all in support of the military intervention against ISIL/ISIS (known by the US military as Operation Inherent Resolve) and wider military operations in the Middle East. A wide range of US Air Force aircraft have been deployed at Ahmad al-Jaber, including F-15E Strike Eagle, MQ-9A Reaper, and KC-135R Stratotanker as well as HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. The United States Marines has also operated from the base, flying the MV-22B Osprey, EA-6B Prowler, AV-8B Harrier II and KC-130J Hercules. Based units Notable units based at Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base. Kuwait Air Force 9th Fighter & Attack Squadron – KAF-18C/D Hornet 25th Fighter & Attack Squadron – KAF-18C/D Hornet 61st Fighter & Attack Squadron – KAF-18C/D Hornet United States Air Force Air Combat Command US Air Forces Central Command 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing See also Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah References External links Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base on globalsecurity.org Kuwait Military installations of the United States in Kuwait Airports in Kuwait