Arabia by Usaf (9 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. USAF 1/1M chart colour printed to the recto 74x56cm, with supporting text, keys, index maps, and correction instructions to the verso. Very good, neatly folded, lightly tanned. This edition dates to the period of growing tensions over Suez, shortly before Egypt repealed the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty (1936). First published in December 1948, this "3rd Edition Revised" contains air information current to June 1951 with a note stating "Minor changes on this edition do not obsolete previous 3rd Edition printing". The Nile runs approximately down the centre from the Aswan Prohibited Area in the south via the Luxor Control Zone to Al Minya in the north, just within the Cairo Control Area. The Western or Libyan Desert is shown to the west, including Dakhla and Karijah (Kharga) Oases, with settlements, dune belts, desert tracks and notes about terrain etc. To the east is part of the Eastern Desert and the Red Sea coast from the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula to Gebel Hamata. A small part of Saudi Arabia is shown to the NE with international border running through the Gulf of Aqaba, and note "Warning - Flying is prohibited over Saudi Arabian Cities". Altitude is colour shaded. Extensive physical and human geographical features are shown, and cultural sites including tombs and ruins. An abandoned railway is traced from the port of Bur Safajah stopping short of Qana on the Nile. This had been intended to transport phosphates from Kharga, but apparently was not completed. Aeronautical information includes aerodromes, airfields, navigation lights, radio facilities, airspace and radio range, restricted areas etc.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Colour printed paper map 74x58cm, with index map, keys and aeronautical data to the verso. Very good, neatly folded. This first GSGS edition dated 1953, was based on a USAF Pilotage Chart (1948, revised June 1952), with air information supplied by the Ministry of Defence as at November 1952, and reproduced by the Ordnance Survey in an edition of 5,000 in July 1953 (5,000/7/53). Centred on Syria and northern Jordan, coverage is bounded by Beirut (NW), and the Syria-Iraq, Jordan-Iraq, and Jordan-Saudi borders (E, SE). The Haifa branch of the Iraq Petroleum Company Pipeline including its Pumping Stations runs across the lower section almost parallel with the Syria-Jordan border. A significant section of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline) which began operation in 1950 is also drawn. Altitude is colour shaded. Extensive detail is included for culture (built up areas, railways, roads, miscellaneous including oil), topography, hydrography, and aeronautical information.…

No Binding. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Colour printed paper map 143x105cm. Good, neatly folded, rubbed to folds with creasing and foxing. Base information completed April 1960, revised October 1963, air information current through 22 November 1963, lithographed by ACIC 12-63. Roughly centred on Mecca, this is bounded by UAR Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia (W), the Rub al Khali (E), and Yemen (S). This Second Edition dates to the early stages of the North Yemen Civil War (26 Sep 1962-70), that saw the deposed Imam Badr escape into the mountains on the Saudi border to raise a force among the Zaydi and seek Saudi support. He was also supported by Jordan and Israel, with the Republicans supported by Nasser's Egypt. The Saudi-Yemen border is drawn here from the Red Sea coast as far as Najran, beyond which the line ends with a large area labelled "boundaries in this area are undetermined". Colour tinted for altitude with contours, spot heights, notes and about terrain (with straight line labelled "limits of reliable relief" and areas labelled "relief data incomplete"); international boundaries; settlements of various size; rail, roads and tracks, etc. Aeronautical information includes different types of aerodrome (several marked abandoned or not usable), vertical obstructions with heights, and Prohibited Areas over Saudi cities with related warnings.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. USAF 1/1M chart colour printed to the recto 74x56cm, with supporting text, keys, index maps, and correction instructions to the verso. Near fine, neatly folded. First published in August 1947, revised August 1958 with air information current to October 1958. This 11th Edition dates to a period of tremendous upheaval, including the Lebanon Crisis (July-Oct 1958) in which US forces occupied Beirut's international airport and port in support of President Chamoun; the aftermath of the Iraq Revolution (July 1958) which overthrew the pro-British monarchy and strained relations with the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC); the Jordan Crisis (July-Oct 1958) in which the US sent troops via Beirut to help the British quell the coup against King Hussein; the Cyprus Emergency (1955-59); and Syria (here named United Arab Republic) joined with Egypt as a step towards Arab unity. Cyprus is shown to the west with major air route over Nicosia, large Danger or Restricted Areas off its coasts, and part of Turkey to the north. The Mediterranean coast runs down the centre from Antioch to Jaffa with Israel and southern Lebanon marked as Prohibited except for an air corridor over Haifa to the Armistice Line, with the Demilitarised Zone to the east. Coverage stretches inland to Raqqah (NE) and Jordan's approximate boundaries with Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Major stretches of both branches of the IPC Pipeline are shown, one along the southern edge to Haifa, the other centrally to Tripoli, with their pumping stations and landing grounds. The latter, with a "Danger Area" marked off the coast, sustained damage during the unrest in Lebanon. Key settlements include Damascus, Aleppo, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Nicosia, etc, with associated air corridors, Danger, Restricted, and Prohibited Areas. Altitude is colour shaded. Extensive physical and human geographical features are shown, including infrastructure, cultural sites, and notes about terrain. The Hejaz Railway is marked as "dismantled". Aeronautical information includes aerodromes, airfields, navigation lights, radio facilities, airspace and radio range, restricted areas etc.…

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. Colour printed paper map 147x105cm. Near fine, neatly folded with some spotting. Base information completed April 1960, revised March 1967, air information current through 3 April 1967, lithographed by CPP 5-67. Roughly centred on Mecca, this is bounded by UAR Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia (W), the Rub al Khali (E), and Yemen (S). This Third Edition was issued during the North Yemen Civil War (1962-70) that saw the deposed Imam Badr escape into the mountains on the Saudi border to raise a force among the Zaydi and seek Saudi support. He was also supported by Jordan and Israel, with the Republicans supported by Nasser's Egypt. By 1967 Egypt was committing 130,000 troops to the conflict, which is believed to have contributed to its poor performance in the Six Day War in June. The Saudi-Yemen border is drawn here from the Red Sea coast as far as Najran, beyond which the line ends with a large area labelled "boundaries in this area are undetermined". Colour tinted for altitude with contours, spot heights, notes and about terrain (with straight line labelled "limits of reliable relief" and areas labelled "relief data incomplete"); international boundaries; settlements of various size; rail, roads and tracks, etc. Aeronautical information includes different types of aerodrome (several marked abandoned or not usable), vertical obstructions with heights, and Prohibited Areas over Saudi cities with related warnings.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. USAF 1/1M chart colour printed to the recto 74x56cm, with supporting text, keys, index maps, and correction instructions to the verso. Very good, neatly folded, lightly tanned with some light creasing, and short closed tears at intersections. This edition appeared in the aftermath of Iran's decision to nationalise the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) in March 1951, while Britain was contesting the issue at the ICJ. First published in October 1947, this "5th Edition Revised" was revised in June 1951 with air information current to July 1951, with a note stating "Minor changes on this edition do not obsolete previous 5th Edition printing". Coverage is bounded by Raqqa (NW), the Iraq-Iran border near Sulaymaniyah (NE), Al Kut (SE), and the convergence of the Iraq-Trans-Jordan border with the indefinite Saudi border (SW). Major settlements include Baghdad, Karbala, and Kirkuk. A very large area around Khanaqin and Naftkhanah (oilfield) on the Iraq side of the border with Iran is marked as "Prohibited" (defined as requiring specific authority by the using agency). This probably relates to protecting the activities of the Khanaqin Oil Company, a wholly owned AIOC subsidiary that was continuing to operate based on agreements with Iraq. A major section of the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) Pipeline is shown with its pumping stations and landing grounds, from its origin at Kirkuk, to its divergence at Hadithah and beyond, with the Haifa branch shown as far as the Trans-Jordan border, and the Baniyas branch crossing Syria. Altitude is colour shaded. Extensive physical and human geographical features are shown, along with cultural sites. Aeronautical information includes aerodromes, airfields, navigation lights, radio facilities, airspace and radio range, restricted areas etc.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Colour printed paper map 147x105cm. Very good, neatly folded. Base information October 1959, revised March 1967, air information current through 3 April 1967, lithographed by W.P.L. 7-67. This was issued in the aftermath of the Six Day War (5-10 June), which saw the Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline) come under threat. Israel took over the section passing through the Golan Heights and allowed operations to continue, effectively and somewhat embarrassingly making it one of its "transit states". At this time King Faisal refocused Saudi foreign policy to supporting Palestinian rights. Roughly centred on the Saudi-Iraq Neutral Zone, this covers all of Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, both Neutral Zones, large parts of Saudi Arabia including key Eastern Province Aramco locations (Dhahran, Ras Tanura etc), Iraq (including Basrah and as far north as Najaf), and Iran (including Abadan, Bushire, Ahwaz). Colour tinted for altitude with contours, spot heights, notes and about terrain (with large areas labelled "relief data incomplete"); international boundaries (marked as approximate or undetermined); settlements of various size; rail, roads and tracks; power lines; Tapline with its pumping stations, etc. Aeronautical information includes different types of aerodrome (several marked abandoned or not usable), vertical obstructions with heights, warnings, etc. …

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Colour printed paper map 132x103cm. Very good, neatly folded. First published in 1944, revised December 1947, lithographed by AMS 5-48, with aero overprint by ACS 8-48. This is still labelled for Palestine. Centred on the Saudi-Iraq border, coverage is bounded by the Dardanelles (NW), Oxus (NE), Oman's Masirah Island (SE), and Dongola (SW). This covers the Arabian Peninsula as far south as Kunfida, including much of the Red Sea, the whole of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Colour tinted for altitude with contours, spot heights, notes about terrain, 4 grades of settlement, streams and shorelines, railroads, aircraft facilities (types of airport, airfields, seaplane ports, landing grounds, anchorages), airfield data, air navigation lights, and radio facilities. Landing grounds include those at pumping stations along the Iraq Petroleum Company Pipeline. Prohibited Areas are circled around several Saudi cities (Riyadh, Mecca, Medina, Hail, Al Jauf), Baghdad (also a Danger Zone), strategic locations in Egypt (Port Said, El Arish, and settlements up the Nile), and India's borders with Afghanistan and Iran. Restricted Areas are shown in Turkey. Notes about terrain in Saudi focus on water supply and quality in remote areas. International boundaries are also shown. Maps of this kind typically label those in eastern and southern Arabia as approximate or undefined, but this one has some strangely placed lines. These include a straight Saudi - Aden Protectorate line dropping due south from Uqair on the Gulf of Bahrain off the lower edge; an Oman - Aden Protectorate line extending well into Oman and including the Trucial States; and an Omani border with Qatar. This predates the Buraimi Dispute (there is no label for Buraimi), and may be an attempt to define the extent of British influence.…

Condition: Very Good. CHARTING THE PERSIAN GULF Language: English Second edition, subject to correction. Large long range navigation cart, coloured. Scale 1:3,000,000. Several ms. notes in pencil, a few small marginal tears, one light stain. In good condition and suitable for framing Washington, D.C., Army Map Service, U.S. Army. The second edition of this impressive chart, issued for use by the U.S. Army Air Force during the Second World War. The first edition was published two years earlier, in April 1942.Most copies will have been discarded as the charts were updated, making these rare survivals of the cartographic development of the region during the twentieth century. Rare. …