Bir Tamada air base "Beir Tamada AB - Bir Thamada" - currently closed - is located 100 km east of the Suez Canal in central Sinai near "Sadr Al-Hitan - Al-Hasna" road. It was one of the four military air bases in the advanced Sinai front together with Al-Maliz and Al-Sir airport. Al-Arish - The Egyptian Air Force developed it in the aftermath of the 1956 war, and it was targeted and destroyed by Israel air force along with its corridors, command center, control towers and surrounding air defense points during the Six Day War on June 5, 1967 Operation focus.