In the early 1960s, the airbase was a small airport owned by an oil company, who used small IPC airplanes for transporting its engineers, staff and workers between Lebanon and the Arab countries. In 1966, the Lebanese Army took control of the airport beginning the expansion and development of its technological capabilities.
In the early 1960s, an oil company owned a small airport used for transporting its personnel between Lebanon and Arab countries. The Lebanese Army took control in 1966, leading to the expansion and modernization of the facility's technological capabilities.