RMAF Butterworth Air Base

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/RMAF_Butterworth_Air_Base
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:currentUnits gptkb:Australian_Defence_Force_(AP-3C_detachment)
gptkb:No._15_Squadron_RMAF
gptkb:No._18_Squadron_RMAF
gptkbp:garrison Australian Defence Force personnel
Royal Malaysian Air Force personnel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RMAF Butterworth Air Base
gptkbp:ICAO_code gptkb:BWH
gptkb:WMKB
gptkbp:location gptkb:Butterworth,_Penang,_Malaysia
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:BAE_Hawk
gptkb:Sukhoi_Su-30MKM
gptkb:AP-3C_Orion
F/A-18 Hornet
gptkbp:notableEvent RAAF withdrawal in 1988
gptkbp:opened 1941
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Five_Power_Defence_Arrangements
gptkbp:previousOwner gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
gptkbp:runwayLength 2,743 m
gptkbp:runwaySurface asphalt
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force
Royal Air Force (historically)
Royal Australian Air Force (historically)
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:Indonesia–Malaysia_confrontation
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Malayan_Emergency
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_of_Malaysia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6