Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base
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| Khatsor Israeli Air Force Base | |||
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| IATA: - ICAO: LLHS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | Israeli Air Force | ||
| Serves | Kibbuts Khatsor | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 148 ft (45 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 05/23 | 7905 | 2409 | Asphalt |
| 11R/29L | 8040 | 2451 | Asphalt |
| 11L/29R | 8005 | 2440 | Asphalt |
Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base (ICAO: LLHS) is an Israeli Air Force military airbase, located in central Israel, near Kibutz Hatzor after which it is named.
The airbase was constructed by the Royal Air Force in 1945, during the British Mandate of Palestine, when it was called RAF Qastina after the nearby Palestinian village of Kastina.
On the night of 25 February 1946, Irgun militants attacked the airbase and destroyed parked RAF Halifax heavy bombers. Two additional RAF airbases (Liddya and Kfar Sirkin) were attacked that night, in what became known as the "Night of Airplanes". Altogether, the attacks destroyed 20 RAF planes and damaged several others. Following these attacks, the RAF vacated some of its Palestine-based planes to Egypt. [1]
During the Israeli War of Independence, the airbase was evacuated by the British on 15 March 1948 and taken over by Hagana forces.
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| Domestic: Be'er Sheva | Eilat | Haifa | Herzliya | Atarot (Jerusalem) | Kfar Sirkin | Megiddo | Pik | Qiryat Shemona | Ben Ya'aqov (Rosh Pina) | Sde Dov (Tel Aviv) | |
| Military: Hatserim | Hatsor | Nevatim | Ramat David | Tel Nof | |
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