Ovda Airbase (Hebrew: בסיס עובדה, English: fact) is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base, located in the very south of Israel, around 40 kilometers north of Eilat, in a large plain of the southern Negev desert. It has two runways with lengths of 3,000 and 2,600 meters and a heliport. There are currently (2024) no operational fighter jets or helicopters stationed there, but the so-called "Aggressor Squadron" for pilot training. The international military aviation exercise Blue Flag takes place there every two years.[1]
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OvdaAirbase (Hebrew: בסיס עובדה, English: fact) is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base, located in the very south of Israel, around 40 kilometers north of...
was the country's second international airport. Ovda was originally built and opened as a military airbase in 1981 and was joint-used as a civilian airport...
Egypt following the Camp David Accords. From 1979 to 1982 Ramon Airbase and OvdaAirbase were also built in the Negev.[citation needed] The 140 Squadron...
relocated here from Hatzor Airbase to bring all remaining F-16C/D Barak jets under one roof. A few other F-16C/D jets are based at Ovda in the Aggressor Training...
constructed from 1979 to 1982 by US companies together with the bases Nevatim and Ovda. After its completion, it took over some of the aircraft stationed at the...
flight trainings. All military airbases are owned by the Israeli Air Force. Israel's only spaceport is part of a military airbase. Traffic is restricted by...
Camp Nitzanim near Nitzanim Camp Yehoshua near Nitzanim OvdaAirbase near Eilat Ramon Airbase near Sde Boker Bahad 4 near Zikim Sde Boker base near Sde...
warfare unit) OvdaAirbase (Air Force Base 10) 115 "Flying Dragon" Squadron Aviation Professions School Air Force Officers School Haifa Airbase (Air Force...
displayed as a gate guardian at Ovda Airport. 310 - Kfir TC.2 on display at the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim Airbase. 419 - Kfir RC.2 Tzniut on display...
of the airport threatens the kingdom's airspace. Ovda Airport which was built as a military airbase and is still used for that purpose had become the...
miles) north of Eilat and replaced both Eilat Airport and the civilian use of Ovda Airport. Hotels and apartment buildings, containing a total of 2,080 hotel...
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