Some air force personnel at Columbus Air Force Base originally trained at the King Faisal Air Academy in which town in Saudi Arabia?
Columbus Air Force Base Columbus Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: CBM, ICAO: KCBM, FAA LID: CBM) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 9 mi north of Columbus, Mississippi.
Saudia Flight 163 Saudia Flight 163 was a scheduled Saudia passenger flight which caught fire after takeoff from Riyadh International Airport (now the Riyadh Air Base) en route to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 19 August 1980. All 287 passengers and 14 crew on board the Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar (registration HZ-AHK ) died from smoke inhalation after the aircraft made a successful emergency landing at Riyadh.