IAF Ramat David Airbase
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Ramat David Israeli Air Force Base (ICAO: LLRD) is one of three principal airbases of the Israeli Air Force and is located southeast of Haifa, close to kibbutz Ramat David and Megiddo in the Jezreel Valley. It was originally built as a Royal Air Force station in 1942 under the British Mandate and was known as RAF Ramat David.
On 26 May 1948 it was handed over to the newly created Israel Defense Forces and currently houses 3 F-16 C/D squadrons and a Hughes 500MD squadron. Ramat David is home to the 117th "Hasilon Harishona" ("First Jet") squadron, formed on June 7, 1953. It operated Israel's first jet aircraft, the Gloster Meteor, flying the T7, F8 and FR9 variants.
Roald Dahl, in his World War two autobiography 'Going Solo', mentions landing his RAF Hawker Hurricane at Ramat David in 1941. At the time it was a hastily prepared grass airstrip rolled out in a cornfield by the residents of the Kibbutz nearby. In 2010, the airbase was the second-largest unit in the IDF with over 1,100 soldiers.
Order of Battle
109 Squadron (Valleyl) - operates F-16D
110 Squadron (Knights of the North) - operates F-16C
117 Squadron (First Jet) - operates F-16C
193 Squadron (Defenders of the West) - operates AS-565
www.iaf.org.il/2570-30208-en/IAF.aspx
www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/ramat_davi...
On 26 May 1948 it was handed over to the newly created Israel Defense Forces and currently houses 3 F-16 C/D squadrons and a Hughes 500MD squadron. Ramat David is home to the 117th "Hasilon Harishona" ("First Jet") squadron, formed on June 7, 1953. It operated Israel's first jet aircraft, the Gloster Meteor, flying the T7, F8 and FR9 variants.
Roald Dahl, in his World War two autobiography 'Going Solo', mentions landing his RAF Hawker Hurricane at Ramat David in 1941. At the time it was a hastily prepared grass airstrip rolled out in a cornfield by the residents of the Kibbutz nearby. In 2010, the airbase was the second-largest unit in the IDF with over 1,100 soldiers.
Order of Battle
109 Squadron (Valleyl) - operates F-16D
110 Squadron (Knights of the North) - operates F-16C
117 Squadron (First Jet) - operates F-16C
193 Squadron (Defenders of the West) - operates AS-565
www.iaf.org.il/2570-30208-en/IAF.aspx
www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/ramat_davi...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramat_David_Israeli_Air_Force_Base
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 32°39'56"N 35°10'48"E
- Sdot Micha Airbase 101 km
- Ovda IAF Airbase & International Airport 300 km
- Sphinx International Airport 496 km
- Ain al-Asad/al-Qadissiyyah Airfield 684 km
- Wadi Al Khirr Airbase 760 km
- Al salman military airport (disused) 911 km
- Uthman Airbase 979 km
- Al Khadim Air Base 1319 km
- King Khalid Air Base 1765 km
- al-Watya Air Base 2185 km
- Kfar Barukh 2.4 km
- Kfar Yehoshu'a 3.4 km
- Beit She'arim 3.5 km
- Nahalal 3.5 km
- former Kfar Baruch Reservoir 4.9 km
- HaYogev 6.4 km
- Megiddo Regional Council 7 km
- Jezreel Valley 13 km
- Gilboa Regional Council 21 km
- Northern Coastal Plain 26 km
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