My father flew from Ankara to Wheelus, then to Texas el Paso via Canary İsland at 1959. He was a turkish officier to be trained on Ajax and Herculus. Later on I worked at Tripolli and tried to visit Wheelus but I did not succeed. Libya is beautifull and I lopve Libya.

My grandfather was stationed there around this time. He has passed away but I still have his pictures. This has been very helpful to me in identifying some of them! Thank you!!

I lived in Tripoli from 1953-1956. My father was in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. They worked with Crow Steers Shepherd who had a small office at Mellaha near Wheelus. I think my father's office was in Porto Benito. I attended elementary school on Wheelus.

nice, when I got to Wheelus in Aug 57, I stayed for 3 weeks before getting a flight on to Turkey. I got acquainted with 2 daughters of a man who was probably a civilian working with the air force - surname Hayes. thanks for the vid!

Guys I'm Libyan it seems you like Libya thank you for this

Hay Sestone3 that's great show in Libya... very nice memorry and history good job

My Father, Col. Frank H. Mears commanded the 560th Air Group in '52/'53 and I have fond memories of that time.

In Sep 1957, I arrived here on a C121 enroute to Turkey...we had to wait for connecting transport...when an air force plane showed up by chance, I was one of three guys that did not make the flight, 3 days later, we fly out on BEA Ambassador AS57...a great airplane, we fly to Malta, stay the night, then to Rome to connect with PANAM to Turkey...what an adventure for a young farmboy :)

We were stationed there during this time span. My dad was at Wheelus.

And out of nowhere, The Young Bedouin rose to power and kicked them out back to their countries.

happy days forsure

Libya will return as the Great Jamahiriya soon and the traitors will return to the dustbin of history like their forefathers.

Hay Sestone3 that's great show in Libya... very nice memorry and history good job