Capot
When I was on 152 Sqn the only landing strip in the Buraimi area was 500 yards east of the Fort. In fact it was a flat, stony area about 1000 yds by 200 yds aligned NNW/SSE, where the airfied is marked on L Garey/s map. The E/W landing strip must have been graded after I left. I have attached a photo of the fort so we know which one I am talking about.
You are right about the whole area being called the Buraimi Oasis by the RAF. I first heard of Al Ayn when I served on 105 Sqn based in Aden in 1964/6. We used to drop the Paras stationed in Bahrain on the Jebel Ali Range and land at Sharjah to pick them up again. If I remember rightly a tarmac road to Al Ayn had been or was about to be built.
Buraimi Fort taken in 1959.
