Khamis Mushait (Arabic: خميس مشيط Khamis Mushayt) is a city in south-west Saudi Arabia, located 35 minutes east of Abha, the provincial seat of the Asir province in southwest Saudi Arabia. Until the 1960's Khamis Mushait was a small town of less than 50,000 servicing the surrounding mild-climate agricultural region. Since then its population has grown eight-fold to reach 372,695 (2004 census). Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... Abha is the capital of Asir province in Saudi Arabia. ... Categories: Stub | Provinces of Saudi Arabia ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...

Three of the September 11th hijackers came from Khamis Mushayt. Walid Al-Shehri, Wail Al-Shehri and Saeed Alghamdi came from Khamis, while Ahmed Alnami was from Abha a nearby town that held the local airport. That they came from Khamis Mushayt and were called Al Ghamdi and Al Shehri, is not a surprise. The Asir region has always maintained a certain distance from the Government in Riyadh and has been a thorn in the Royal families side for decades. These are the two major tribes from the area and have been the source of several uprisings over the years.

Airport and air base

Commercial air service to Khamis Mushait is via the Abha Regional Airport, located 35 minutes west of Khamis Mushait proper. Multiple daily flights are operated to Abha from Jeddah, Dammam, and Riyadh by Saudi Arabian Airlines. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Dammam Corniche Dammam (Also Damman or Ad Dammām) is the capital of the Ash Sharqiyah province in Saudi Arabia. ... Riyadh from space, April 1994 Riyadh (Arabic: ar-Riyāḍ) is the capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in Ar Riyad Province in the Najd region. ... Saudi Arabian Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) is the national airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. ...

King Khalid Air Base (KMX) has a 12,400ft paved runway without customs facilities[1]. The base was designed and built by US Army and Air Force engineers in the 1960s and 70s[2].

Khamis Mushait is one of the 6 main Saudi Air Force bases (the others being Taif, Jeddah, Dhahran, Riyadh and Tabuk). At Khamis Mushait are F-15C/D, F-15S (a slightly downgraded F-15E strike variant[3]), Tornado IDS, [[F-5 Freedom Fighter|F-5][(The F-5 aircraft were removed from KKAB in the late 80s and transferred to Riyadh)]{(AH64 Apache helicopters and Blackhawks were based here for training and servicing in support of the armour and artillery schools at the King Khalid Military city close by)][4]. Taif (Also Aţ Ţāif) is a city in the central foothills of Saudi Arabias western mountains, at an elevation of 1450 meters (4800 feet). ... Road to Dhahrans main gate (Picture taken from Khobar way) Dhahran (Arabic الظهران aẓ-Ẓahrān) is a city in Saudi Arabia located in the countrys Eastern Province not far from the Persian Gulf. ... Tabuk (also spelled Tabouk) is the capital city of the Tabuk province in north western Saudi Arabia. ... The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter designed to permit the U.S. Air Force to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. ... The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter designed to permit the U.S. Air Force to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. ... ADV: RAF Tornado F3 RAF Tornado ZA463 Luftwaffe Tornados at CFB Goose Bay, Labrador The Panavia Tornado designates a family of twin-engine fighters jointly developed as the Multi-role combat aircraft or MRCA for United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. ...

During the Gulf War of 1990, US F-117A aircraft were based in Khamis Mushait[5][6]. At that time, they flew from Khamis Mushait directly to Baghdad or beyond and back to Khamis Mushait. Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders George H. W. Bush, Norman Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell Saddam Hussein Strength 660,000 ~545,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 - 100,000 dead, 100,000 - 300,000 wounded The 1991 Gulf War (also Persian Gulf War) was a conflict between... USAF F-117 Nighthawk during maintenance The Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is the worlds first operational aircraft completely designed around stealth technology. ...

External links

• Arabic language Khamis City site
• climatological information

Saudi Arabian City

List of main Saudi Arabian cities

`Afif | `Ar`ar | Abha | Abqaiq | Al Bahah | Buraidah | Ad Dammam | Dhahran | Ad Dir`iyah | Duba | Ha'il | Al Hufuf | Al Jawf | Jeddah | Jizan | Al Jubayl | King Abdullah Economic City | Khamis Mushayt | Al Kharj | Khobar | Layla | Al Majma'ah | Mecca (Makkah) | Medina | Najran | Qal'at Bishah | Al Qatif | Ras Tanura | Ra's al Khafji | Riyadh (National Capital) | As Sulayyil | At Ta'if | Tabuk | Udaliyah | `Unayzah | Yanbu' al Bahr |