Wheelus Air Base was a United States Air Force base located in the Kingdom of Libya. At one point it was the largest U.S. military facilty outside the United States with an area of 20 sq miles right on the coast off Tripoli. The base had its very own Beach Club, the largest Military Hospital outside the US, a multiplex cinema, a Bowling Alley and a High School for 500 students. The base also had its own radio and TV station as well as a shopping mall and fast food chain outlets.