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Tel Nof Israeli Air Force Base
Baha8 tel-nof
IATA: none – ICAO: LLEK
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Israeli Air Force
Location Rehovot
Elevation AMSL 193 ft / 59 m
Coordinates 31°50′22.10″N 34°49′18.64″E / 31.839472°N 34.8218444°E / 31.839472; 34.8218444
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15R/33L 7,835 2,388 Asphalt
15L/33R 7,830 2,387 Asphalt
00/18 9,022 2,750 Asphalt
09/27 6,004 1,830

Tel Nof Israeli Air Force (ICAO: LLEK), also known as Air Force Base 8, is one of three principal airbases of the Israeli Air Force. Tel Nof is located near Rehovot, Israel.

History

Tel Nof was founded in July 1939[1] during the British Mandate as RAF Aqir and served as the main Royal Air Force station in Palestine. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, it was known as Ekron Airbase.

Today Tel Nof houses several fighter and helicopter squadrons. Several special units of the Israel Defense Forces are also based there, including Unit 669 (airborne combat search and rescue) and the paratroopers training center. Tel Nof housed the IAF flight academy until April 1966 when it was moved to Hatzerim Airbase.[2]

In June 2011, it was reported that eight American jet engines for F-15 and F-16 fighters had been stolen from the base.[3]

On October 18, 2011, Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who had been held captive by Hamas in Gaza for over five years and four months, returned to Israel via Tel Nof as part of a deal to exchange Shalit for 1,027 prisoners.[4]

Units

RAF Aqir Operational units

Royal Air Force in the Middle East, 1944-1945

A 76 OTU Vickers Wellington Mk.X at Aqir, 1944-1945

Operational units of the Royal Air Force stationed at RAF Aqir from 1941 to 1948.

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Playfair, Major-General I.S.O.; Molony, Brigadier C.J.C.; with Flynn, Captain F.C. (R.N.) & Gleave, Group Captain T.P. (2009) [1st. pub. HMSO:1954]. Butler, Sir James. ed. The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume I: The Early Successes Against Italy, to May 1941. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 1-84574-065-3. 

Further reading

  • Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., MBE,BA,RAF (Retd). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
  • Sturtivant, Ray, ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2007. ISBN 0-85130-365-X.

External links

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