Prince Sultan Air Base is an OCONUS Air Force installation in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. This guide covers Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA), MIHA, TRICARE region, and PCS resources.
Prince Sultan Air Base is an Air Force installation in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Prince Sultan Air Base is an overseas assignment, so housing is paid through Overseas Housing Allowance rather than BAH. OHA reimburses your actual rent up to a cap set for the location and paygrade, which means what you receive depends on the lease you sign — unused allowance is forfeited rather than kept. A move-in housing allowance covers one-time costs such as deposits and transformers.
Care here falls under the TRICARE Overseas region.
No. BAH is a non-taxable allowance, so it does not appear as taxable wages on your W-2 and no federal or state income tax is withheld from it. That makes a dollar of BAH worth noticeably more than a dollar of base pay, which is why comparing a civilian salary against base pay alone understates military compensation.
Prince Sultan Air Base is overseas, so housing is paid through Overseas Housing Allowance rather than BAH. The difference that matters is that OHA is a reimbursement, not a flat rate: you are paid your actual rent and utilities up to a cap set for the location and your paygrade, and anything you do not spend is forfeited rather than kept. A separate move-in housing allowance covers one-time setup costs such as deposits, agent fees and transformers.
Prince Sultan Air Base falls in the TRICARE Overseas region. The region determines which contractor administers your care and where referrals are authorized, so a PCS that crosses regions means transferring your enrollment — Prime enrollment does not follow you automatically, and letting it lapse drops you to TRICARE Select with its cost shares.
Most of it is reimbursed rather than paid. A PCS to Prince Sultan Air Base normally pays a dislocation allowance, a mileage allowance for driving your own vehicle, per diem for you and each dependent while you travel, and temporary lodging once you arrive. Choosing a personally procured move pays you the government's cost for the same shipment, so the profit — and the tax on it — depends on your weight and the distance. The PCS calculator estimates all of those for this destination.