Rayak Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة رياق الجوية‎‎ Kaidat Rayak al-jawiya) (ICAO: OLRA) is Lebanon's first air base and the place where the Lebanese Air Force was born on June 1, 1949. Located in the middle of the Bekaa Valley to the east, between the towns of Zahlé and Anjar, it symbolizes the Lebanese Air Force best and home for most of the aircraft types that have seen service and the final resting place for almost all retiring planes. The airfield has been in use since 1914 by various foreign forces such as German, Ottoman, British and French.