For those interested in a detailed history of the original Sharjah airfield and RAF Sharjah: I have just read a new book by Nicholas Stanley-Price "Imperial Outpost in the Gulf".
Excellent historical account of the establishment of the airfield in 1932 until the RAF left in 1971.
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/20...nley-Price.pdf.
Laurence