Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Hatzerim Airbase

(Israel Twitter)Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base,בסיס חיל-האוויר חצרים‎, Bsis Heil HaAvir Hatzerim),(ICAO: LLHB) is an airbase 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 was operational as of 3 October 1966, being the first airbase not based around a former RAF 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

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