Sidi Yahia Al-Gharb, Kingdom of Morocco, Closed December 1976

In December, 1953, the NSG Dept at NCS Port Lyautey, located at Naval Air Station Port Lyautey, French Morocco, moved to Sidi Yahia, and was established as the NSG Dept, NCS Sid Yahia, Morocco. NSG Dept, NCS Sidi Yahia remained active until it closed in December 1976.


The following is from the NSG Bulletin 1978, courtesy Tom Kotche:

U.S. Hands Over Base to Morocco

The United States quietly abandoned its last military base in Africa on September 30 with a low-key ceremony that ended a 36 year military presence in Morocco dating back to Operation Torch, one of the turning points of World War II.