Nevatim Airbase

Nevatim Israeli Air Force Base (IATA: VTM, ICAO: LLNV), also Air Force Base 28, is an Israeli Air Force base located southeast of Be'er Sheva, near moshav Nevatim. 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 as part of the IAF's redeployment out of its bases in the Sinai after it was returned to Egypt following the Camp David Accords. Since 2003 the base has gradually received more squadrons of F-16s. A third runway was built in the mid-2000s decade as part of a project to accommodate the transfer of military activities previously taking place at Ben Gurion International Airport (Air Force Base 27) to Nevatim.

Israel's fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35I's will be based in Nevatim starting in 2015.

Units

• 103 Squadron – operating the C-130
• 116 Squadron – operating the F-16A/B
• 120 Squadron – operating the Boeing 707
• 122 Squadron – operating the Gulfstream G550 and formerly Douglas DC-3
• 131 Squadron – operating the C-130

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nevatim IAF base.

• Nevatim from globalsecurity.org
• Aeroflight World Airforces

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