RAF Maintenance Base Safi
| RAF Safi Maintenance Base RAF Safi | |||||||||
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| Ħal Safi in Malta | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Diversion airfield then Maintenance Base | ||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry Now Government of Malta | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force Now Malta Industrial Parks Ltd | ||||||||
| Controlled by | AHQ Malta | ||||||||
| Condition | Extensively developed as a hangar site | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
RAF Safi Shown within Malta RAF Safi RAF Safi (Europe) | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°50′30″N 014°29′30″E / 35.84167°N 14.49167°E | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||
| Built by | The Malta Police and Royal Hampshire Regiment | ||||||||
| In use | 1943-1979 | ||||||||
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Royal Air Force Safi was a Royal Air Force maintenance base located on the island of Malta, which started life in 1941 as a diversion airstrip for the main operating bases such as nearby RAF Luqa. Other diversion airstrips similar in function to Safi were located at RAF Krendi and on Malta's second island of Gozo.