Hatzerim Airbase

Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base (Hebrew: בסיס חיל-האוויר חצרים‎, Bsis Heil HaAvir Hatzerim) (ICAO: LLHB) is an air base of the Israeli Air Force located in the Negev Desert on the western outskirts of Beersheba, near Kibbutz Hatzerim. The base was constructed during the early 1960s and declared operational on 3 October 1966, the first air base not based around a former Royal Air Force base. Hatzerim is also the location of the Israeli Air Force Museum, which opened in 1977 and has allowed public access since June 1991. The IAF Flight Academy has been housed at Hatzerim since April 1966 and the IAF Aerobatic Team is located there as well.

Units

• 69 Squadron (Israel) F-15I
• 102 Squadron (Israel) TA-4
• 107 Squadron (Israel) F-16I
• 123 Squadron (Israel) UH-60 Black Hawk

Commanders

• Colonel "Joe" Yosef Alon (first commander and founder)
• Yaakov Turner (1977-1981)
• Brigadier General Amiram Elyasaf
• Brigadier General Amos Yadlin (1995-1998)
• Brigadier General Roni Falec (1998-2001)
• Brigadier General Yohanan Lucker (2001-2004)
• Brigadier General Shelly Gutman

References

• Hatzerim on globalsecurity.org

See also

• List of airports in Israel

External links

• Hatzerim Israel Airforce Museum (Hebrew)