Nevatim Israeli Air Force Base

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Nevatim Israeli Air Force Base
IATA: - ICAO: LLNV
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Israeli Air Force
Serves Be'er Sheva
Elevation AMSL 1312 ft (400 m)
Coordinates 31°12′30.05″N, 35°00′44.28″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 10007 3050
08/26 8005 2440

Nevatim Israeli Air Force Base (ICAO: LLNV) is one of the three principal airfields of the Israeli Air Force located southeast of Be'er Sheva. It was built as a rough runway in 1947 for the Sherut Avir, the air wing of the Haganah, and was named Malhata. It was reopened in 1983 as a new modern airbase with 2 runways as the result of joint Israeli and US government funding. In the late 1990s Turkish aircraft may have operated there under an Israeli-Turkish military cooperation agreement. Since 2003 the base has gradually received more squadrons of F-16s.

[edit] Units

  • 104 Squadron IAF F-16A/B
  • 115 Squadron IAF F-16A/B
  • 116 Squadron IAF F-16A/B
  • 132 Squadron IAF Kfir C.7/TC.7
  • 251 Squadron IAF

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Airports in Israel Israel
International: Ben Gurion (Tel Aviv\Lod) | Ovda
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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