page_title: Isa Air Base
section_title: Current use
hierarchical_section_title: Isa Air Base / Current use
caption_attribution_description: Various aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, line the parking area at Shaikh Isa airfield, Bahrain, on 19 March 1991. Some 81 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighters, 17 Grumman A-6E Intruder bombers, and 10 Grumman EA-6B Prowler ECM aircraft are visible. The following squadrons equipped with the above aircraft were operated by MAG-11 during the 1991 Gulf War: VMFA-314, VMFA-333, VMFA-451 (each 12 F/A-18A); VMFA-212, VMFA-232, VMFA-235 (each 12 F/A-18C); VMFA(AW)-121 (12 two-seat F/A-18D); VMA(AW)-224, VMA(AW)-533 (each 10 A-6E); VMAQ-2 (12 EA-6B).
context_page_description: Isa Air Base, formerly Shaikh Isa Air Base, is located on the island nation of Bahrain. Isa Air Base is located on the shore of the Persian Gulf in southern Bahrain.
  It hosts the Royal Bahraini Air Force Fighter Wing and the two squadrons that comprise it.
caption: U.S. Marine Corps Marine Aircraft Group 11 aircraft at Sheik Isa, in 1991.
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